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Sometimes it seems like we have to run the gauntlet before we get to enjoy the hope of Christmas. Instead of being a time to prepare our hearts for the joy of Jesus' birth, Advent is often a season of tasks and burning the candle on both ends. We know better, yet we fall into the same trap year after year. Madagascar faces literal burning as Christmas approaches. See below our mission co-worker Dan Turk's Christmas message about the hope for Creation the church is planting in Madagascar:
