Chronicles of a real estate agent: December 2023

Grace and Linda in a video call to Korea chatting with her parents.

This picture makes me smile when Grace just decides to pull out her phone and make a video call to her parents in Korea. Although our communication (with her parents) is limited, Grace's dad is very sporting with his little, but expanding vocabulary of English. Apparently its very cold and snowing over there and he's gone to pick up his car from the service shop. That's the kind of spontaneity that technology connectivity brings to us.

Christmas Dinner was very chilled affair as the boys decided to make their specialty food dishes which they took turns preparing at the kitchen, meanwhile leaving us lots of time to talk , and yes.. even a video call to Incheon, korea..
i ❤️ it.
This Christmas we got a coffee machine from Grace and the boys. Even though we drink coffee everyday this seems a luxury, but it's a thoughtful gift and we are happy to receive their love .. they've pooled together to get us something we probably wouldn't ever buy for ourselves. I guess that's the practical side of Christmas "gifting".
In that sense the gift of Jesus afforded us the gift of forgiveness ie. something we couldn't afford (or produce for ourselves). He came to gift us the forgivesness (by his death) which brings us 'life' . So ya, we kinda hv a loose analogy here.

But even if there is no gifts, the gathering of family is already a-gift enough.
In a world that is increasingly polarised and brokenness in so many lives, we are ever more grateful to our family still intact and together.

Going by our new coffee machine, it does seem 2024 is going smell a lot better. (aah.. the smell of fresh ground coffee in the air! ).

Well, here's to wishing you a great and wonderful 2024. May our Lord Jesus' presence continue to bless our going out/ coming in , seek his guidance. Keep our focus on him.

Peace out and signing off for 2023.