This month's newsletter focuses on the country of Oman, a mountainous area on the strategic tip of Musandam Peninsula (Arabian/Persian Gulf). It is a Muslim country but has a high degree of personal freedom and political stability.

Happy New Year! As we begin this new year, I would like to encourage you to participate in our "Encourage an Educator" project for January 4–24th.

Encourage an Educator - For the month of January we will be encouraging educators from Tiny Treasures Preschool, Coastline Christian Schools, and Amelia Earhart Elementary school

Foster the Bay has partnered with 41 new churches in the Bay Area during 2020; 83 Foster Families took steps to become Resource Parents; 204 families/individuals committed to be Support Friends, 136 Children entered loving homes and 400+ Social Workers were served!

This month's Mission partners, supported by your gifts to our Great Commission Fund is: Chinese Christian Mission (USA)

I hope you all had a safe and blessed Christmas! As we enter the final days of 2020, I have mixed emotions. I have great hope in the Lord for 2021 and lament over the many losses this year.