D and Kara Carline decorating Christmas cookies with the CBM kidsOn Sunday afternoon, we gathered at the home of one of our Canadian Baptist Ministry team mates, for a Christmas gathering with our CBM Kenya team. We all missed Tim, Diane and Caleb Bannister who are still on home assignment in Ontario. They will be back with us in Kenya early January 2010.
Kara helping little Ava with decorating her cookie (for some reason, it seemed so much more logical for the icing to go directly into her mouth -- after all, who needs a cookie? Let's cut out the middle man!)
All the hard work paid off!
A. leading us in a carol singAfter the cookie decorating, we played some games and sang some of our favorite Christmas carols. There were lots of favorites, but "I'm dreaming of a White Christmas" was just wonderful.
Malcolm Card as Santa Of course, how can you have a Christmas party without Father Christmas coming to visit the kids? You may be surprised to know that in Kenya our father Christmas has no beard, very little hair, and wears a red Canadian baseball cap. Just a little bit of trivia!
Patty as Mrs. ClauseWe had to improvise for costumes. It seems that in Africa the reindeer are exchanged for horses, thus Mrs. Clause wore a riding helmet. Emma had the giggles as she received her present from the Christmas couple.
It looks like Tristan is making the "NICE" list this year too!
Keenan Carline sends you
Christmas Greetings
"PEACE!"
On behalf of the whole CBM Kenya team,
we wish you a very Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas from CBM Bolivia team!
ReplyDeleteSome very nice Christmas and graduation programs and parties.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy the pictures. It was nice to see the African Santa and Mrs. Clause