Greetings from Toronto!
Christmas and New Year Blessings on your parish communities and on all your families. Sisters Patricia, Gwen and I want to thank you for your warm welcome when we visited in November.
Sometimes when we stop for a while and take stock of the past, we rediscover great gratitude with which to carry on into the future. Our trip was one such occasion.
We all thank you too, for your continued support and prayers. Fr. Dan, Sr. Odelia and Sr. Mary Ida gave us our beginnings… you sustain us.
This past year has been full of changes for me. While I am happy to get re-connected with things Canadian, including my family, I also miss the Philippines very much. I am also faced with the challenge of creating a meaningful, mission-focused life for myself here in Canada. Through this experience, I am realizing that it is good to have my life turned upside-down every now and then! I’ve been thrown out of my ruts and assumptions, and made to face the things I’ve taken for granted for so long… quite an awakening!
May the New Year hold many graces for all of you… and may you find the wherewithal to answer the challenges through which the graces will be sent!
Peace, Christine Gebel OLM
