Guardians of Hope Leadership in Kenya
This past Tuesday, we had a great day celebrating Christmas, and a full year of ministry among the Guardians of Hope in Kenya, with several of our colleagues. We met together in our yard for a Kenya style Christmas dinner picnic -- although we did opt for beef over goat!
Cheese!
Henry & Julia Mwangi
It was such a treat to get to meet the spouses of some of our colleagues and to hear about the customs and traditions that each of their cultures have around Christmas. Interestingly, while cooking is generally seen as "women's work" in Kenya, when it comes to slaughtering and roasting a Christmas goat on an open fire... now that's "men's work"!
Nothing more primal then a man and his barbecue!
GOH leadership team, Kenya
ACC&S GOH project officer, Patrick & Mary Maina; CBM Africa team leader, Colin & Karen Godwin; Our little Ava; ACC&S development director, Henry & Julia Mwangi; our friend James and ABC development director, Triza Mulandi; and Erica & Aaron. (Missing is Elizabeth from the ABC and the CBM African development director, Ruth Munyao).
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to all of you. Our WMS organized an angel tree project this year. People paid $2 for each ornament they placed on the tree in memory or in honour of someone. They later get the ornaments back to keep or to give to the person honoured. The church gets to enjoy the ornaments over Christmas, and Guardians of Hope Kenya gets the proceeds from the 152 ornaments on the tree. It's been a really fun project.
ReplyDeleteJanice
Centreville Baptist, Annapolis Valley NS
Wow that is fantastic!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the creative way that you and the Centreville Church have supported the ministry of the Guardians of Hope.
May you all experience the richnessness of Christ's presence this Christmas.
Love,
Aaron & Erica