December 7, 2017
We send beautiful Poinsettia Greetings from Central America where this native plant flourished long before Christianity and Europeans came to the Western Hemisphere. One Indigenous group, the Aztecs, found it blooming in the tropical highlands of southern Mexico during the very short days of winter and named it “Cuetlaxochitl.†The indigenous peoples of the Isthmus […]
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December 31, 2015
Gloria’s Story can encourage us (Reviewed 1-5-16) Looking back 0n New Years Eve 2014 we had made yet another visit to a family in need locally in San Ramon. Friends of the mission, Carlos & Kirea, joined the mission team in presenting a basket of Christmas joy to doña Gloria and her family. A frequent […]
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