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A TIME SUCH AS THIS...
by
Anonymous
CHARACTERS
FRANK MUSUMBA: A wealthy business man who is married to Carol and has one child Mitchell; and unfortunately is overweighed with alcoholism and adultery.
CAROL MUSUMBA: The heiress of a multi-billion business empire that her husband is currently running. She was forced onto Franck as a wife when he impregnated her at campus. She is struggling to keep the family together in the midst of domestic violence, the husband’s infidelity and a bitter mother-in-law.
MITCHELL: Their twenty year old daughter whose unruly character stems from the broken up nature of their family. She is always at loggerheads with her mother and grandmother. Together with her best friend Britney they are planning to go for a trip to Kenya without the consent of her parents.
GRAND MA MUSUMBA: Franck’s mother who detests Carol from the stories which she has heard from other people. She can’t believe she has failed to produce a male child. She is strict on discipline still rooted in the African heritage of bringing up children.
NELSON, THE NEIGHBOUR: He goes to the same church as Carol does and he is trying to use the opportunity of Franck’s infidelity and abuse of his wife to snatch her away using scripture out of context.
BRITNEY: She is Mitchell’s best friend but she is also secretly having an affair with Franck behind every one’s back.
SETTING
A Porsche house situated somewhere in Kololo as well as a few scenes in a restaurant and a bar.
TIME
Some time close to Christmas, specifically all the events happen in a span of five days
ACT I For all have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God
Scene One: Bar
Narrator: On a Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Franck Musumba: a married man with one daughter decides to
take his side dish Britney to a bar in Ndeeba…..
(The scene opens up in a bar with people drinking, dancing, and talking loudly. Our focus is then posed
to Franck and Britney who are dancing and having a great time. Franck’s phone then begins to ring
causing him to first stop dancing and he stares at it for a while, he is hoping it will stop ringing.
Unfortunately it continues to ring …….)
Franck
Let me come back, I have an urgent business deal to crack, Katonda yatonda ggwe mummy eeh! Kazigye
(He laughs and steps aside)
Carol
Forgive me for bothering you in the course of your meeting, mukwaano; but I wanted to ask you when
your mother is coming so that I can prepare for her.
Franck
You woman what is wrong with you, have you never heard of what a meeting is, why are you bothering
me with all these nonsense; aren’t you a woman? Figure it out! And do not ever, you hear me? Ever
disrupt me when I am in such important meetings, stupid.
(Call ended…..)
(Turning to return to the dance floor, he discovers Britney has been listening in on his call)
Britney
Sincerely Franck, make up your mind! It seems tomanyi ky’oyagala. Franck look at me carefully, look at
me… (She turns around for him to see…)
Franck
Mazima full packagii
Britney
Make up your mind. If you won’t dump that useless wife of yours and cease the opportunity, forget
about me. Each and every time we are together, she keeps on calling and ruining your moods. You know
very well that when you’re sad I am sad too. I have even lost appetite I am going home…
Franck
Yiiyi naawe bebi. We still have much to do. I already told you, ekyo ekikazi nakikoowa. The only reason
I cannot leave her is because of her father’s money. That old fool placed a condition on the wealth, if I
leave her, all the money goes…. Till death do us part…
Britney
What happens if she dies? Anyhow, I will see you at hope, omboye nnyo.
(She leaves Franck thinking, what happens if Carol dies? Could this leave him as the heir to the fortunes.
He leaves soon after this)
Scene Two: Home
Narrator: That evening as Carol is trying to prepare for the visit of her mother-in-law in the kitchen
and their daughter Mitchell is seated in the sitting room reading a magazine, someone opens the door
and enters; un announced…
Grand Ma
Kino nga kitalo, abaana temukyaalina mpisa! Ggwe muwala
(On seeing the old woman, Mitchell runs away from the sitting room and into the kitchen screaming…)
Mitchell
Mummy, mummy: there is a crazy person in our house!
(The old woman is left in the sitting room wondering…)
Grand Ma
Hmmmmmmmm! Bino bigenda kunyuma.
End of Act I.
ACT II Family clockwork……………
Scene One: Home
(Christmas is nearly here and Maama Musumba needs to stock the Kitchen with food, so…..)
Grand Ma
Yanguwa, yanguwa ggwe! Tugenda mu katale, you don’t need to look good. Just put on something and
we go.
Carol
Mummy let me hurry up and come. Mitchell, Mitchell, please come and assist me with these bags, my
dear.
Mitchell
Mummy! I am so tired today, please don’t disturb me; go away!
(Carol then comes out of the house having several bags, some in the hands, others held by the teeth…..)
(Maama Musumba is struggling not to laugh; all of this is giving her much joy since she doesn’t like her
daughter-in-law, that much. They leave and put the bags in the car and then Carol remembers
something important)
Grand Ma
Mwana ggwe obadde otya! Tugenda kukeerewa mu katale, waachi weekunya?
(Carol shouting from the sitting room….)
Carol
Please remember to get your father’s breakfast from the Micro wave, the tea is in the flash in the
Kitchen: please don’t forget,Mitchell.
Mitchell
Whatever! Leave already.
(Once they are gone, Mitchell sneaks down to the kitchen to see if anyone is still around. She is dressed
inappropriately and this is why she did not want her mother or father to see her like this. She looks
around to ensure no one I s seeing her….)
Mitchell
What is wrong with Britney? I told her we are supposed to meet here at nine: where is she? I am so
hungry; I wonder what is in the kitchen.
(She goes into the Kitchen and picks out of the microwave the breakfast organized for her father and
begins to eat it. As she eats, then comes Britney.)
Britney
Girl friend whatsup? Is the Prison Warden around?
Mitchell
Wwa! My crazy grandmother took her running to the Market: so we are good! By the way, I wanted to
ask: you remember that cute guy who was seated at the front in Ssekito’s lecture?
Britney
Hmm! That is I think John. But that man’s lectures are so boring, I was dozing all the way. Eeh? Now
you have a crush over John, he is a bad boy by the way.
Mitchell
Goosh! I love him already. Is he going to be at the party? Is he coming?
Britney
Duh! Definitely. I don’t see why most of you are interested in these guys in our year, me personally I like
older guys; they are so romantic.
Mitchell
Naye oba Brit wabaaki? What do you see in those old men? Their good years are far gone, you’re weird.
Britney
Yeah, I love my men old. Anyway, I think you should wait for me in the car. There is some stuff my
father told me to tell Mr.Musumba. I doubt you want him to find you here dressed this good.
(Mitchell runs out of the house living Britney alone in the house with Franck. After peeking through the
window to ensure Mitchell has hidden herself in the car, she shouts…..)
Britney
Sweet heart, how are you this morning?
(Down rushes Franck in his pajamas)
Franck
Mukwaano, how are you my baaybi?
Britney
Ssssssssh! To leekana nnyo. They might hear us. How are you my Love? How did you sleep?
Franck
Like a baby, not after what we enjoyed last evening. In fact I had a dream where you and I were
matching down the aisle.
Britney
Well wake up because you are still married and you have stubbornly refused to do something about it.
Kati honey I need some money because I am so broke.
(Franck rushes back to his room and brings back with him a black bag having a large sum of money in
it… After Britney seeing what is in it, she hugs Franck and they jump up and down around the sitting
room..)
Britney
See you later baby, mwaaaaaaaaa!
( she runs out with Franck left day dreaming in the sitting room, his stomach interrupts growling..)
Franck
I am so hungry, I wonder if this fool prepared anything for my breakfast. He sees the leftovers Mitchell
has left on the table, picks up the plate and returns to the bed room….)
(End of Act)
Act III A promise is a debt……………
Scene Two: Home
(Carol returns from the Market with her mother-in-law and overloaded with all the groceries bought,
Maama Musumba is not even carrying anything. The furious Franck who has not had his breakfast is
waiting for them in the sitting room. After putting the things in the kitchen, Carol rushes back to the
siiting room to greet her husband..)
Carol
Wasuze otya nno, mukwaano!
(Franck first ignores her and continues reading his newspapers…. Carol figures she has done something
wrong but what. The Grand ma is watching all of this happen…)
Grand Ma
Ggwe nno batuuse okukukuba. Waama mwaana wange wasuze otya?
Franck
Bulungi maama, naawe kulika yo mu katale. Mbadde nsaba otegekere yo kuky’okulya. Kino ekikazi,
ekisiru kyaalemwa dda okundabilira.
Grand Ma
Kaale mwaana wange. (Even though she was listening when Carol instructed Mitchell about Franck’s
breakfast, she decides not to help her…)
(Carol wonders what she is to do and then decides that the right thing to do as a Christian is,,,)
Carol
Ssebo, nkwegayiridde,nsaba kunsonyiwa.
Franck
Get out of my sight, go! I have better things to look at. Nva mu maaso nga nkya seka!
(Carol leaves as Grand Ma sets Franck’s tea on the table. He takes it briefly and leaves for work… Carol
decides to get these issues off her back by having a little quiet time with God. As she has hardly started,
there is a knock on the door…)
Nelson
Abeeno, gyemuli? (Mr.Nelson is their neighbor in the estate and on many occasions he likes to invite
himself to their house… and he is supposedly Christian)
Maama Mitchell, banange; mukyali yo?
(Carol first ignores him but then……)
Grand Ma
Ggwe muwala, towulira nti waliyo ayita? Come down and see who it is. (Carol closes her bible, nodes
her head and then comes down to open for Nelson.
Carol
Nelson, how are you? What is the matter? (He comes in and seats and then begins to complain…)
Nelson
I have been hearing the noise from this side, this early morning; I was concerned and decided to rush
here. Carol are you ok?
Carol
Very well. Why is it you ask?
Nelson
Well I heard Franck screaming in the morning and I got scared for you. You see with the terrible cases
of domestic violence, I wanted to ensure nothing was a miss.
Carol
Everything is ok. So how is Christine? I have taken long without seeing her around.
Nelson
Christine and I are no longer exclusive; she left me for some younger man. She broke my heart, she was
bad for me.
Carol
Any way Mr. Nelson you found me in the middle of my bible study so I would hate to be rude and ask,
is that all?
(Nelson first struggles to find his words and then he finally says)
Nelson
You see my dear Carol, tukimanyi bulungi nti nze eyasooka okukulaba. Naye wamenya omutima bwe
wandeka wo n’ogenda ne Franck. I hate to see the way he treats you, I will not lie to you. I hear the
fights, I hear his insults but sometimes I feel I should not interfere. But one of these days I might surely
intervene, I swear.
Carol
Mr.Nelson I thank you for your concerns nut these matters are between my husband and I, I can only
tell you to pray for us. Franck is just having some problem, probably with his work, he will come
around. You are a fellow believer in the faith; it is not your responsibility to rekindle old flames. But
never the less keep praying us.
(Nelson is disappointed with this reply and he decides to retreat and come back another day, this turn
has failed……)
Nelson
Carol, Carol: any way I will keep my ears open, I won’t let that man hurt you.
(As she closes the door behind him……)
Carol
You will be ok!
(She goes back to her room to finish with her quiet time)
(As all of this was going on, Grand Ma was listening in on them and having heard sufficiently enough,
she figures this is her chance to pounce….)
Grand Ma
(She comes out clapping her hands.)
So bwebino ebibeera mu maka nga nyini mu taliiwo? This is going to be so very interesting, a very
interesting Christmas indeed.
Narrator: Carol finds herself in a tough situation. Her husband is treating her hushly, her mother-in-
law despises her; her own daughter refuses to obey her: she is leaning on her trust in God to push her
through. Like Abraham who left his home land to follow God without knowing where he was heading,
she needed to trust God, so that he who is faithful would bring the promise to fulfillment! The story
continues.
(End of Act III)
ACT IV Peace, perfect peace; the peace that surpasses all understanding
Narrator: The young Mitchell, knowing that her guardians would be away on that Wednesday,
organizes a party for her friends. What she does not know is that her grandmother is resting in the
guest room.
Scene Two: Home
(Loud music is playing in the sitting room; it is so loud that it wakes the sleeping Grand Ma…..)
(She struggles through the crowd and begins to beat them all up with a broom; they scream and run out
as she chases them all except Mitchell who is cornered.)
Grand Ma
Mwana ggwe Mitchell, nakulaba nga naakajja wanno. I don’t know what kind of demon is seated on
this head of yours. It’s like all the demons your mother keeps chasing run into your head. Don’t you
ever have better things to do than throw parties and worst still throw them in your father’s house. Have
you no shame?
Mitchell
Nze ndeka. You old woman your just old fashioned. Look at what you have done to me and my friends.
You are truly crazy. Now I have bruises on my hand, look at my beautiful skin spoilt. All my make-up
and hair is now ruined.
Grand Ma
What have you said? Mwana ggwe oyagala kulaluka kusinga? I am going to discipline you, oh Jesus.
They will find you in the hospital, today!
(But at this particular time, Franck comes back in the company of Britney. they arrive in arms until
Britney spots Franck’s mother….)
Britney
Ggwe remove your hand from my waist
Franck
Kiki naawe , how comes we have been enjoying all the way here, what is the problem?
Britney
Maama wo, maama wo waali
(Franck rushes and removes his hand and composes himself….)
Franck
You go first so she doesnt not suspect anything
Britney
Why me Franck, why me? I fear that woman Franck, I am afraid.
Franck
Ngenda naawe, I am just behind you
(Britney tip toes into the sitting room hoping not to spotted…)
Grand Ma
Simanya olowooza silaba? Britney naawe wayaayuse nga ono munno. Mmwena mwabalanga
bamalaaya. Did you two seat and agree on a dress code? Look at the way you are dressed?
Britney
Maama mugyebale?
Grand Ma
Tomanyiira olabye ndi tya? This foolish girl told me that you two agreed to have a party here and that
you are the one who arranged it since you knew that Franck and Carol would not be around to permit
such a thing. In fact I wonder how you knew that because I thought that Franck was home.
(Franck comes soon after…)
Franck
Kiki ekigenda maaso wanno? Why is Mitchell crying? Ggwe Britney kiki kyokola wanno? Why is the
house in disorder?
Grand Ma
Ono omwana yasazeewo kuteeka party mu nyumba yo. Musanze wanno ne banne. Kilabika ono Britney
naye gyabadde ajja.
Franck
Mitchell, is all this true? Hurry up to your room; I want nothing to do with you right now. Your mother
will take care of this. Wamma maama oyo muleke ogende owumule kko. Ono Britney kka mubuulire
(Though his mother is still hesitant to leave he insists, she however passé through the back door and
first goes to the Kitchen.)
(Thinking he has chased her away and that Mitchell won’t be coming down from her room.)
Franck
Mukwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaano!
Britney
(She bursts out and laughs……)
Franck, franck, toswaala kko? You to give advice about life, look at you! I don’t want to hear anything
from you. You have refused to leave your wife for this trophy. I am about to damp you and move on.
(As they are still going on with this…)
Carol
Bye Nelson, Brother Phillip mukubire kku ssimu: mulwadde nnyo, he couldn’t make it for today’s
fellowship meeting. Mukama akkume.
(She now enters the house to find the Franck seated while Britney is standing….)
Carol
Britney, how are you my dear? How are your parents?
(Britney just looks at her and ignores her….)
Franck
You have finally decided to come back home. Ennaku zinno amaka gammwe mugeelabidde mu li ku
Yesu yekka. Go to your daughter’s room and pump some sense into that head of hers.
Carol
Good afternoon, Mukwaano, how are you today?
Franck
Simanya Yesu yabasiluwaza. Genda, genda ggwe.
(Carol goes up to her daughter’s room to find out what the problem is…)
Carol
Mitchell, my love, what is the matter?
Mitchell
Go away; I don’t want to talk to anyone. I hate you all, I hate you all; especially Grand Ma, that woman
is crazy. She chased my friends away when they came to visit. We just threw a small get together and
she thought we were having a party and she beat us all with her broom.
Carol
But Mitchell, you know very well that your father does not allow such things here and you should
atleast have first asked for permission. What would have happened if one of those children had died in
this house? You used to come with me to church, but these days you are so busy: my love, I rarely see
you myself. What is really happening?
Mitchell
Why is this all my fault, I thought that Britney had told you; no one wants to listen to me, you don’t
want to believe me: go away leave me alone, I hate you!
Carol
I love you though, very much. I will let you rest now. Please come down when you are done and have
lunch.
(Carol now comes down to find Britney and Franck still in the sitting room. )
Carol
Mukwaano, emmere eyidde? Britney would you please mind helping me prepare the table.
Britney
I mind, I am not your maid!
Carol
I am sorry.
(Carol goes to the Kitchen, sits down for a while …..)
Grand Ma
Omwana Carol, I don’t seem to understand you. Why don’t you just go crazy and beat them all up? How
can people treat you like this?
Carol
It is okay, mummy. I know that my God has a plan for me, even within these trials that I am facing, he is
still able to deliver when I have been perfected.
Grand Ma
Yesu owammwe yabalalula. How can you sincerely look on, that young prostitute wants to take your
husband away, your daughter doesn’t respect you, and your husband treats you badly probably because
you tried to spoil his future by becoming pregnant?
Carol
Hmmm!
(Grand Ma leaves……….)
(At this point in time, she receives a phone call from her Reverand……)
Narrator: The trials we receive from God are good and we should rejoice in them, that is if truly they are
from God. Carol did not let her challenges get the best of her, even though deep within she was sad and
disappointed. Franck had not always been like this, the Franck she had met 17 years back was good,
kind, charming and hard working. She however needed to keep trusting that God would make all things
better
Rev.
Carol, my child, I hope you are fine. I was in prayer and the Lord told me to call you and deliver a
message to you. I know since we speak a lot, you are having trials in your home but the Lord is saying
be obedient and faithful, soon your tears will be dried; happiness comes in the morning.
And like Mary you may ask, “How shall this be? For it cannot happen with men, it is impossible before
men. Hear the word of the Lord, daughter of Zion. Nothing is impossible with God, what is impossible
with men is possible with God. The spirit of the Lord is with thee, keep praying and just believe, he is
Emmanuel; God with us!
Song: One prayer away Jonathan McReynolds
(The call ends………)
ALL CAST EXIT SET, INTERLUDE
ACT V They left their all and followed him………………
Scene Two: Home
Narrator: it is the festive season and people are all over the place. Mitchell has left to go shopping; Carol
is cleaning the house so it is neat for Christmas day. Grand Ma is in the Kitchen preparing the food. The
atmosphere is all peaceful and calm until a scream rings out…
(Franck comes running, his suit torn, in socks with his shoes in his hands; full of dirt.)
(He stops in the sitting room; panting…..he pulls out his phone and dials a number)
Franck
Hello, hello:Britney, Britney, can you hear me?
Britney
Kiki, you ran away like a little girl. I told you that I was going to dump you and get another man.
Franck
Naye omusajja abadde ne mpeta ku mukono. He was claiming to be your husband, explain yourself
mukwaano?
Britney
I don’t need to explain anything, you fool. I told you to leave your wife so that I could leave my man as
well. You refused thinking you could play with me. Franck, ani gwomanyiira, ompita musiru.
Franck
Naawe Britney please reconsider, what about our love, what about our plans to run away, I made you a
signatory to our account: why are you doing this? My money…
Britney
Hahahhahhahhhahhha…
Wulira ekisiru kinno. You know what? I actually wanted him to catch you and kill you. Please for your
own life sake, don’t call me ever again, otherwise, that huge man who beat you up will beat and kill you,
owulidde?
(Phone goes blank…..)
Franck
Banange omukazi azimbye. Maama nze maama nze.
(Grand Ma hearing Franck shouting comes to the sitting room)
Grand Ma
Ggwe kiki?
Franck
Omukazi azimbye, azimbye, ssente zonna. Ssente zonna zetubadde tulya ko, ttaata wa Carol zeyatuwa.
Grand Ma
Ekyo kyokka. Kikusaana mwana ggwe. So you lied to your mother that you are the owner of all these
things, you have simply been made a custodian of these properties and you are mistreating the true heir.
I raised you to be better than this, you have disappointed be, boy, you are a disappointment.
Oli ku bwaana buto, weeyagala. Are you stupid? Can’t you see Britney is old enough to be your
daughter, have you no shame?
(While they are still arguing loudly, Carol comes to the sitting room…)
Carol
Taata Mitchell, kiki ekibadde wo? Engoye zonna nga ziyulise? Have you had an accident?
Franck
Yes! I ran into a terrible car accident and…
Grand Ma
Bunila, kale bunila. Stop telling lies, hurry up and tell the truth. I taught you better than this, explain
what has happened.
Franck
I have no need to explain myself. I am the Lord of this house; thou shall not ask me why I do what I do?
Let me be!
Grand Ma
Mwana ggwe komawo wanno, do not turn your back on your mother, come back here.
Carol
Maama muleke! Kimala!
Grand Ma
Muleke? Omanyi byabadde akola? Omanyi gyaava kati?
Carol
Manyi. I have known for a long time that Franck was having an affair with Britney and he was planning
to steal money and run away with her, Nelson is contantly gossiping about it. If not for Christ, I would
have done worse: but for Christ sake, I am at peace.
Grand Ma
Mazima ddala olaluse. Franck doesn’t need pampering, he needs purnishing, it is how I was able to keep
his father in check, and he requires a punishment
Carol
That’s enough! Don’t you see what the devil is doing in this family? This reminds me of what happened
when Joseph and Mary arrived in Bethlehem, that night. They searched for a place where in the savior
of the world was to be born. I could only imagine the confusion Joseph must have been in, Mary with
the pains of child birth. Only a stable could suffice for a birth place, he was born in the lowliest places
on earth: yet he bore all this for us. There was no room, not even a small room for the ancient one; only
a stable stall. We too are pre-occupied with all these things, preparing, partying, lying to one another,
having anger and bitterness, all these things have robbed us of the room we have in our lives, in which
Christ would be born; we too have no room. So truly I don’t want to let these things get room, I only
have room for Jesus. Now let me go wash my husband’s dirty clothes, it is the least I can do for Christ,
he suffered too much for me.
(Grand Ma is left in complete confusion, how this girl can be like this…..)
Grand Ma
Ebigambo sibilina….
(While she is still contemplating this….)
Mitchell comes in wearing beautifully and decent.
Grand Ma
Yiyii, ani eyafudde?
Mitchell
Tewali, I don’t want anything to do with Britney. I read about her change of status on face book, it’s all
over whatsup, how she has been sleeping around with many married men and robbing them of their
money, some have even killed their wives for her. So I don’t want to be anything like her, I don’t want to
even dress like her.
(As they are speaking about this, Franck comes back to the sitting room having changed his clothes….)
Mitchell
I even here she is like a cocktail of all kinds of STDs and Aids, they say she uses ARVs to keep herself
looking well, banange that Britney is a snake: I pity the men who slept with her.
Mitchell
Oh hello daddy, how are you?
Franck
Terrible, I am dead
(He falls back in his seat and puts his hands on his face)
Mitchell
Daddy, what is wrong?
Grand Ma
Mitchell please go to your room
Mitchell
But I have not done anything wrong
Grand Ma
Yes. But I need to talk to your father
Franck
I know, you don’t have to tell me
Oh God, what have I done, what have I done
END OF ACT V
ACT VI led by a star to the child………… he is the way, walk in it.
Narrator: Early on Christmas Eve, Franck wakes up early and goes to the doctor to have him checked. He
fears that he could have contacted the disease.
Carol
Taata Mitchell kulika yo, where did you go this early?
Franck
To the doctor to check myself for Aids and STDs
Carol
What happened? Are you ok?
Franck
I cannot believe this. You know that I have been sleeping around with Britney but you seem so relaxed.
Yesterday I couldn’t sleep because I thought you would want to get revenge, but nothing happened.
Carol
But I have known for a long time, Nelson kept on seeing you two enter and leave this house, bars: I
knew.
Franck
Then how can you still take care of me like this even when I have given you nothing but hate, why?
Carol
Because Christ loved me too, because he loves through me. So when I am abused, slapped, insulted: I cry
but not to you, I run to him and cry; I plead please remove this thorn from me and yet he says, my grace
is enough for in your weakness I am strong. Whatever God has joined together, let no man put asunder.
I could not love you, if he had not loved me and you. He loves you and I believe he has kept you from
disease so that you may be changed.
Franck
Song; loving me Jonathan McReynolds
Narrator: It is my belief that that star that led the wise men to cry is still at work today, leading each and
every one of us to the place where Christ is. In a way we must decide to look to that star only, and pray
that the troubles of the world should fall silent and the light of that star to fully consume us. Bright star,
glory of God that led the wise men to the stable, lead us all, lead us all to where Christ his and like those
wise men never returned by the same way, leave us different, please don’t leave us the same. Uganda as
a country is standing at the cross roads, we have elections next year, morals are dwindling, spouses are
murdering themselves, children are intoxicated to the bone; the Christ who was born for all of us, he is
born for such a time as this! Let your light so shine before men, that they may know that you are
children of your father which art in heaven.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.