Children's Storying

Children's Storying began on Tuesday after the living Nativity.

We played drop the hankie while we waited for the children to come on Tuesday, after the living Nativity. On this Tuesday,we began with the lesson of the Creation. The children on the far left are coloring pictures of the seven days of creation. We plan to story with the children every
Tuesday and do a drama each quarter.
The Living Nativity was a success although we only had five parents/neighbors come. Mary and Joseph came to the stable just at the right time, the shepherds were "greatly amazed" when the angels appeared and the wise men placed their gifts so gently in the manager.
Nan's Christmas Tea with the women went well. There were seven women who came and had cookies, candies and tea and heard the story of Christ's birth. Then they all got to choose a gift from under the Christmas tree.
We had seven peace corp volunteers with us for Christmas. We all had a great time playing board games, basketball, watching movies, sharing the Christmas story, and eating lots of goodies.

A Living Nativity

This was our first practice for the Living Nativity that we will be doing on Sunday evening, December 20th, in front of our house. It will be at 5:00 pm our time, and about 8:00 am Central time. These are all children from our neighborhood. We are still short a wise man, and would like a few more angels and shepherds, and we would like to have a Caesar Augustus and we are expecting more children to come to the next practice this Friday afternoon. Pr-y for the message to be clear and many of our neighbors to come to see the drama.

Nan will also be having her annual Christmas tea on Saturday morning, December 19th. There are 10 women invited to come to our home. Besides tea and cookies, Nan will share the Christmas story with the women. In Isaiah 55:11 it says, "So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to me void, but is shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it." That is our pr-yer that His word is accomplished.

Short Rainy Season

Every month we say we are going to do a better job of updating our blog, but before we know it that month is gone. Please forgive us for our delays.

The short rainy season has begun. The very day that I sent out our last newsletter and ask you to pr-y for the rains, we had a very good rain. It is very encouraging to see people begin to prepare their fields and even begin to plant. The rainy seasons usually run in a succession of rains very good, then slacking off each year for four to five years and then the cycle begins again. The government is prediciting that there will be good rains this year. Please continue to pr-y that G will send the necessary rains. This picture shows some of the early planting in the Kondoa region.

We recently took a week vacation to Rwanda to visit other M's. We enjoyed our time with them and came back much refreshed.

Pr-y for upcoming activities: Nan will have a Christmas tea for women in our neighborhood on Saturday, December 19th. Pr-y for clearness in sharing the Christmas story. We will also have some of the Peace Corp workers in our home during the holidays, again pr-y for us as we share C with these young people and provide an oasis from their village life. Terry will begin a new AI class in January, pr-y for those students and also new opportunities to go into villages to teach.

Have a Very Merry Christmas. Terry & Nan