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Christmas Greetings!
Our family is very excited to be with the Yakima Grace family this weekend! The fourth Sunday of Advent is focused on the love of God sending His only son Jesus as the ultimate expression of love. As we come close to Christmas, it is so easy to see a very safe and sanitized picture of the nativity scene, but the reality of celebrating Christmas is we are celebrating a very real and raw reality of God's unconditional love for humanity. How do we take this real and raw love of God into our lives, into our family and into the world? We will explore this together this Sunday and my prayer is that God would give us all greater understanding and revelation of His love for us and our world.
See you on Sunday! Garth, Caroline, Lyla and Gunner Gustafson 
 
Garth Gustafson was born and raised in Yakima, WA and grew up at Grace of Christ. He started working with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) in 2002 and in 2005 founded the ministry of YWAM / University of the Nations Battambang, Cambodia, where he serves as the Executive Director. Garth also serves on the Global Eldership Team for the YWAM Global Movement in Asia helping support 25,000 missionaries in 170 nations. He has a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from Pacific Lutheran University, a Masters Degree in Biblical Studies from the University of the Nations and a Doctorate Degree of Ministry in Leadership and Ministry in the Asian Context from Fuller Theological Seminary. Garth and his wife Caroline have two children, Lyla and Gunner and reside in Battambang, Cambodia.