The most important part of today was this group that met under a big tree here in Paringa. A few of the believers from nearby villages led the singing and the discussion after hearing the story from God's Word (Luke 1-2).
She's got her fancy safety pin/bead hair for Christmas...
...and the answer is YES, that is a bra on the top of her head. Fabulous!
Note the Western clothes on a lot of the guys. The Toposa were told many years ago (and not by us) that they need to have new clothes to wear to Mass on Christmas. Most have a long way to go before they will understand that God sent Jesus for the Toposa just as they are, and He cares about their hearts, not their clothes.
Before we did the main celebration, we had a US Christmas at the Lewis house. We started cooking pancakes at 6am so that the boys could come out of their room at 6:30. They didn't want to sleep in, weird....
My gifts were a necklace, ornaments, and notebook from Uganda, a bottle of gold Heinz ketchup, dried fruit and a pumpkin from Carrie's garden.
Merry Christmas, Mindy! We missed you yesterday at our first annual Christmas Moser/Foster/Eubanks and Roberts celebration. I was hoping we could all facetime with you, but your mom said we had to have an appt. Praying everyday for you.
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