LET THE PARTY BEGIN!
There were no ugly Christmas sweaters, fanta instead of egg nog and not a single Christmas cookie in sight! Still, this was the best (ok, and only) Christmas party in Busi!
Our team graciously excused us from the prep work of the party in order to allow us to have time as a family to celebrate Christmas. Here they are hard at work!
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| Dawn, Kim and Megan doing some early morning prep work. |
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| Ruthi, our team leader's wife and Florencia (our home stay Mama and now good friend) headed up the preparations. |
You can't have a party here with out a goat roast!
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| We had to have a Muslim butcher the goat so that it would be "halal" otherwise our guests couldn't eat it. |
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| Dawn gets "hands on" with the meat. |
The food was great but the message was the highlight. Jared shared the reason why we, as Christians, celebrate Christmas. It was a great opportunity to share the gospel!
(If you would like to read Jared's perspective, check out their blogpost about it
here.)
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| The men and women always remain separate at social events - men to the left, women on the right. |
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| Although we still can't communicate a whole lot, it is good to just be together. |
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| The guys taught the men how to play the card game "Spoons" - there were a lot of laughs! |
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| Our guests: Jordan and his wife, Alima, Amani and their baby Shazma. |
We are looking forward to a great new year to see what God will do!
I read all your posts! How fascinating. Thanks for being so real too! I want to read them to the kids. I'll wait until I have my voice back. We've been dealing with sickness as well, but after reading about your trials I'm very thankful for the passing flu, being in my home with running water etc., and no malaria. Hope you are all doing well now. Looking forward to another update!!! Blessings of health, peace, and joy to you all!!!
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