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Poor little Shaphan has a birthday at Christmas time. I always feel sorry for those poor people who get those combo gifts. Sad for them. To add to his misery this year, our whole team left town before his big day. We usually celebrate b-days together. We just didn't get to with everyone headed out of town. I didn't realize that his big day was the next day when I had his family over for dinner before I left town. However, I improvised! In an effort to make his day "merry and bright", I put a nice scented candle beside his brownie and we all sang while he made a wish. What more can a boy want than a scented candle and a brownie???
At our weekly worship the week before Christmas, we invited folks from each nation represented to come and share about their traditions from home. We had people from Peru, Colombia, Costa Rica, France, the US, the Netherlands, and, of course, Spain! (No doubt I left out someone. Sorry.) Everyone brought a Christmas treat with them and we started off the holidays in that very special way...by eating way too much! Um-um good!
I got to hang out with the Acton Kidlets a couple of weekends ago. We partied like rock stars the whole time! Okay, maybe not the whole time and maybe not BIG rock stars, but we did eat out 3 times and went shopping twice! If that's not a fun weekend, I don't know what is! 
On our Saturday shopping outing, the girls decided that chestnuts roasted on an open fire were what would make our day complete. Here's Olivia trying the first one. YUUUMMMMM!!!
Darby and Megan worked all semester on a Christmas play and concert at one of the local schools. They had various kids show up at several practices, but by the time it came down to "show time" the concert consisted of two boys (on the right) and our MKs who joined in on that very night. The play turned out to be two girls and Darby. That is just the way it is here. There is little commitment to anything. But it was sweet anyway. I sat next to one of the singing boys' mothers. She was so stinking proud of her little boy up there singing in English. So sweet.
Poor little Shaphan has a birthday at Christmas time. I always feel sorry for those poor people who get those combo gifts. Sad for them. To add to his misery this year, our whole team left town before his big day. We usually celebrate b-days together. We just didn't get to with everyone headed out of town. 
