Yesterday afternoon after completing prep-work for this month's English classes in Western Yunlin, Taiwan, I emerged from hiding to discover that what has passed for a road (mostly dirt) in front of my house the last few months is even less passable than before.
They've removed 3 feet of dirt, not leveling what remains, so that now it is impossible even to drive my scooter back to my house at night, not to mention a car. To say the least, things look rather bleak outside, especially at night, since even the street lights have been out of commission in recent weeks.
To brighten up the gloomy-looking neighborhood, 
I've decorated the small tree in front of my house, put up a string of Christmas lights on my second floor, and have another small tree inside. Although they're not much, may God use the colored lights to impart a sense of the hope we are reminded of in Christ every year this time of year:
"But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish....The people who walked in darkness
have seen a great light;those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shined." Isaiah 9
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