Our Christmas Mass experience

Our Christmas Mass experience will be remembered. Running late as usual, we sent the rest of the family ahead of us. We were further frustrated by the wheelchair not having enough power to climb the ramp into,the van, despite the fact that it had been charging all night. Abby and I pushed it into the van and Abby went to retrieve the portable charger. We drove to church, hoping to charge the battery as we traveled. However, when we arrived  the battery did not have enough power to leave the van. We sent Abby inside and Mark and I kept hoping that 5 more minutes of charging would make a difference. Time passed and eventually people began leaving the church. Below are pictures of God bringing beauty from ashes. Mark was able to receive Eucharist in the van, Father Parker came out to pray over him and our family gathered around to sing Silent Night.