December 30th Nudge from Sub-Saharan Africa

Ready for a mini-vacation? If so, take a moment to visit an island where the palm trees sway and God is at work, with a tour guide who is praising God for letting her be a part of His work!

For more daily Nudges from Sub-Saharan Africa, go to http://easternafrica2012prayernudges.blogspot.com/.

December 26, 2012

One advantage of living in Kenya is that we get an added holiday today - BOXING DAY - a very good idea after a busy time of celebrating our Saviour's birth.  Our celebrations began on Sunday with our church family at Parklands Baptist Church/ Mombasa Road, which included familiar Christmas songs in English and in Kiswahili and a sermon reminding us of our Father's greatest gift!

In the last few days, we enjoyed two times of carolling, listening to the Christmas Story and eating lots of goodies with co-workers - which was a special treat as this year it included not only, Jessie, our younger daughter, but many more adult missionary kids, some who now work/ serve in East Africa.  We also enjoyed continuing our Traditional/ Untraditional Christmas Eve lunch (grilled steak and a dessert of brownies with ice cream and hot fudge sauce - the dessert usually includes strawberries, which were ready in the fridge, but I forgot to add them this year) with new friends that we want to know better - this year a Journeyman and her guest, another Journey(wo)man from West Africa. 

  

The highlight of Christmas day was SKYPING with our older two kids, John and Jennifer, and their families. SKYPE is a special gift for missionaries - especially when you can talk with your three year old granddaughter as she unwraps your Christmas gift and proudly shows all the gifts she received earlier that morning!  

To be honest, I'm ready to take a break, so I will stop writing and allow you to view a bit of our celebrations - a video of the children of the Good Samaritans Children's Home singing JOY TO THE WORLD in English and in Luo and Kikuyu, two other languages of Kenya's many People Groups, during our worship service last Sunday. 

Remember to take a few moments (if you have not already done so) to view 2012 Prayer Nudges from East Africa/Sub-Saharan Africa, my way of sharing why we are so thankful for your gifts to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering!  BERT
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2012 Prayer Nudges from East Africa/Sub-Saharan Africa at  http://easternafrica2012prayernudges.blogspot.com/ 

Information on the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering is found at http://www.imb.org/main/give/lmw/default.asp 

Christmas Greetings 2012