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| Medical project, Christmas program, Christmas Eve |
We started our month off with the Medical Project in two of the neighborhoods we have been working in. We made quite a few contacts from that day that have led to ministry opportunities since then.
Evie came down with croup a couple weeks ago and had to stay home from school for a week to get over it. But because of her absence she was unable to take part in the Christmas program at her school which was really sad for her. However, Mylee was able to participate and I took a couple short videos of her performances.
Our cell group had a Birthday party for Aaron on Saturday the 18th. It was a great time of fellowship for everyone!
Christmas is celebrated a little different here in Mexico. The nationals begin on Christmas Eve around 11pm with dinner and continue on into the night ending with breakfast. Then they take Christmas day to rest and recoup. Our friends knew we had plans the next day and couldn't come at 11pm so they invited us to eat at 8pm the typical Christmas food they had prepared all that day. We had spaghetti with a white sauce and pieces of deli ham mixed in, fruit salad, cooked pork with a spicy barbecue-like sauce on it, chipotle peppers stuffed with goat cheese, and BIG shrimp with heads and all! It was all very good and we were proud of the girls for trying a little bit of everything. We left around 10pm to give them time with their family and so we could prepare for the next day. Another difference is they don't give presents until the 6th of January when the Wise Men's visit to baby Jesus bearing gifts is celebrated.
On Christmas day we were able to share the day with other families that live here in the same city. We started with lunch at 1:30 and ended our day with games leaving around 10. We also played the White Elephant game with Aaron winning a twin blow-up mattress and Gabrielle a CD case. It was a great day for all.
Also included in the pictures is Evie's scraped up nose when she tripped on the concrete at school. PTL it wasn't broken! There are also pictures of the girls dressing up as the different characters of the Nativity as we talked about it over 3 days. We had to get creative with this one, using only what we had around the house. I will post pictures soon of our Christmas day festivities! Enjoy.
