10) Celebrating Thousands of Brigada Participants

On this, the last item of the year, we pause to celebrate *you* – and the thousands of other participants who make up the Brigada family around the world. You are from nations all over the planet and from every socio-economic layer. Some of you are missionaries, while others are church leaders — and others are every person in between. But we all have one thing in common: We have set our focus on serving the Christ child. The world might view it as folly. But we’ve made it our calling. And we will not be discouraged. In spite of the challenge, no matter the hardship – we will make it our life’s ambition that every last village on the planet would have a church and that every last *person* would have a valid opportunity to get to know Jesus. What they decide to do with Him is up to them. Ours is just to make the introduction. But we will *try* to make disciples of every nation. And tonight, we are all united in that calling. On this, the last item in the last edition of the year, we celebrate you for your faithfulness and commitment. Thank you for serving the Christ! (Click Read More to learn more about the picture featured in this item.)

(The picture for this item was produced using Google’s new Nano Banana Pro Ai graphic engine. It patiently cooperated with us as we crafted each person and each feature of the manger scene. This is completely original art, never before seen by anyone until *you*. We asked the model to assume the picture was taken with a Canon EOS 80 D as a time exposure. Notice that the model immediately assumed that it should show short star trails for the stars visible in the windows. Look at the realistic nature of the wood in the hand-hewn beam in the roof structure. And check out the faces in the crowd, representing every continent and every socio-economic layer on earth – from a homeless man, to an Eastern European 9-year-old with an innocent face. There’s a business man, a man from a tribe in the Amazon, a Pacific islander, and everything in between. Welcome to the Brigada family – brought to life this Christmas – by Nano Banana Pro. Learn more about Nano Banana at https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/nanobanana .)