This has been a most eventful year. U.S. State Department and USAID participated in the G20 Interfaith Summit, providing evidence of faith contributions that are relevant to G20 policy processes and to the realization of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Agenda. The USAID-German Government (BMZ) International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD) has grown its numbers to 60 faith-based partners and 19 bilateral and multilateral members. With inputs from State, UN, and academic partners, USAID continues to provide religious literacy training for Mission personnel on how engaging religious actors will foster U.S. foreign policy, promote sustainable development, and mitigate violent conflict. Just this month, the United States reaffirmed our commitment to supporting and advancing religious freedom globally and advocating on behalf of religious freedom and threatened minorities. USAID Administrator Green strongly reinforced this message during his first official travel to the Horn of Africa. In October, USAID issued a  Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeking innovative and scalable interventions to facilitate the safe and voluntary return of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their homes in Northern Iraq.  In November, USAID's Latin America Bureau and CFBCI invited 15 local faith-based entities from Central America for a productive workshop on combating human trafficking and gender-based violence in the region. As this year comes to a close, USAID remains committed to working with our faith-based and community partners to prevent and resolve the many humanitarian and development challenges the global community faces. And finally, I wanted to tell all of you who will be in Washington during this Holiday Season about the new Museum of the Bible, a 430,000-square-foot non-profit museum just three blocks from the U.S. Capitol that opened its doors on November 17th and centers on the Abrahamic religions.