The group spent an uncomfortable night sleeping on the floor of the shack, and when morning came, they woke up and wondered what they should do next. The shack was on a small area that was not burned by the wildfire, but it was like an island in the middle of a burnt area that […]
Category: Wildfire Christmas
Wildfire Christmas – New Life
The last person to get an ornament for the branch that was substituting for a Christmas tree was the teenage boy. Everyone was curious about the type of ornament that he would bring. He had been very quiet and seemed very sad. After being gone for a long time, but teenage boy came back into […]
Wildfire Christmas – Rock
After spending some time in thought, the man told the rest of the group that he had decided what ornament he was going to get for their tree. He said that it might take him a while to find just the right one, so he would be gone for a while. Almost an hour later […]
Wildfire Christmas – Ashes
After the little girl had put her burnt sock ornament on the tree, the rest of the group sat in silence for a few minutes. They were thinking about what the little girl had reminded them, that Jesus being born as a baby is the real meaning of Christmas. Each of them thought about what […]
Wildfire Christmas – A Baby
It was Christmas Eve, but the small group of refugees was not in a festive mood. There was no snow, no decorations, no food, no music, no presents and almost no family. They had to walk carefully because the ground was still hot in some areas, and there were hot coals and embers where there […]