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The Vietnamese UFO

 Alo, 

Thanks for tuning in again for the update this week. We had a good week finding lots of people and having lots of activities. 

Nothing super exciting happened this week, but it was fun nevertheless. Today for our preparation Day we are visiting the "Vietnam Union of Friendship Organization" also known as the VUFO, hence the title. We will be meeting with local officials in Hanoi to help build church relations. It will be lots of sitting, smiling, shaking hands and good food. It reminds me a lot of what my group did while I was on my study abroad in China. It should be interesting! I'll probably have some pictures for Google Photos to upload for later in the week.

It has been nice having the cold weather and Christmas. Despite being far from home I've been able to have the Christmas Spirit. I've really come to appreciate Christmas in a different light this season. Fortunately, we have many outgoing members, who last week bought a Christmas Tree to put in our building.  
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Spiritual Thought
I was recently reading in Luke, as most people do this time of year. Found it interesting how when the angels spoke of the birth of Christ, they used language that indicated great joy or peace. It truly is a joy to have Christ in our lives, and his Gospel.
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Have a great day!! I'll write about the experience at the UFO next week. I'm writing before because we are going to be at this event for the duration of our P-Day and I wanted to get an email out. 

Thanks! Love you all

Anh Cả Reynolds 

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