Our family wishes you a very Merry Christmas this Holiday Season! May the Lord Jesus shine His Loving Light upon you and bless you in every way! To all of our family and friends in the States we want you to know that we love you and miss you and are thinking of you this Holiday Season!
We’ve had a fun week with four Xmas parties already and one to go! Monday we had a Christmas pancake supper and a visit from Santa (Thanks to Chris Shelby’s parents for bringing over stocking goodies for all of the kids and for bringing “Santa”!). You will see pics of Stephen and Matthew with Santa in the slideshow.
Tuesday we made Christmas ornaments and had a party for Stephen and Matthew’s neighborhood friends.
Wednesday we enjoyed hot chocolate, Christmas Carols and a White Elephant Gift Exchange. I was so glad to get rid of Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 1. It was great when I was 7 years old! But now, 30+ years later, it’s really cheesy…Heath was the lucky winner of that gift:) Enjoy brother… We also video taped our group singing “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”. You’ll see it in the slideshow. We do wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Today Christine and Stephen made homemade “York Peppermint Patties”. Then she made Christmas Sausage Cheese Balls and is making Carmel Popcorn right now. It’s a yummy Christmas!
Tomorrow we are going to have a “Progressive Christmas Dinner” with our teammates. We’ll start with hors d’oeuvres @ 4pm at our house, then we’ll head to the Shewmaker’s house for the main meal followed by dessert at the Koonces (with another gift exchange—real ones this time). All are welcome!
Enjoy the pictures and video! We love you!
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I always look forward to the updates from you and your family. It is wonderful hearing your voices sing with Christmas cheer. I pray faithfully for your family as you show others Jesus. God is going to richly bless 2010. Have a great new year.
What a wonderful Christmas greeting from across the world. It is wonderful seeing you all together. … and no one in christmas red lol! Hope you have just as wonderful of a New Year.
You are making wonderful memories in ways that could be made no where else. We are enjoying two inches of snow this morning…won’t last through the afternoon…but it makes for great fun for the snow-starved. thanks for the great slide show and concert. Merry Christmas all. Love you so much!
Wonderful Christmas messasge. We’re in Colorado enjoying a sunny snowy Christmas.
Love you
Marvin
Merry Christmas to you as well! All of us enjoyed watching your slideshow. Missing you much.
Thanks for the sweet Christmas wishes and especially the Christmas Carols from the Rwanda teams! Your family is a blessing to all of us from the this side of the word. Congratulations on 17 years of wedded bliss! Love, Don
Merry Christmas to you all!! May God bless your family, the team, and your work for the growth and prosperity of God’s Kingdom in the coming year.