On Christmas Eve we invited to dinner the six young missionaries, the Hanks (the not-so-young missionaries), the Hendriksens, and Frere Boeglin, a French expat and member of the church. After dinner, we had our traditional nativity play, sang carols, and enjoyed banana slush and holiday cookies.
The cast
Not a creature was stirring - not even Mchanga
Christmas Day came early, as it usually does with little kids! We enjoyed our traditional pastry wreath breakfast with eggnog, and tried (unsuccessfully) to keep the kids from eating all their stocking candy at once. Santa was very good to us (I don't know how Elijah made the nice list!) and we were so grateful to have gifts from many of our extended family even though we are so far away.
Waiting at the top of the stairs . . .
. . . and off to the Christmas tree!
Christmas breakfast - yum!
We stayed in pajamas all day, playing and hanging out together, and generally recuperating from the busy week before. We are grateful to be together as a family for this enjoyable season, and we're especially grateful for the Gift we celebrate - the Savior Jesus Christ. We pray that His spirit will be with all those we love back home!
1 comment:
What a beautiful family. So happy to see your photos and to know that you have been here for several years. I just moved here with my husband who is Camerounian and we're here to stay. We've been here since December 2007 and I have yet to find a doctor, hairdresser, dentist and other amenities that would be at least somewhat familiar. Would love to email and perhaps even meet in
person. Haven't made too many friends just yet. You might want to visit our blog too at http://qnefertiti.blogspot.com and view our progress. Share with friends. So, how big is the American community here? Hope to meet you all. Ciao, Anita NDEMMANU
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