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Wow, it hardly seems possible that it will be Christmas in only 5 days....I KNOW this because the red and green countdown paper chain is getting shorter each day. We have put the names of family and friends on each link and prayed each days for those families. We are blessed as a family to include you in our prayers.
Family is different this year for us. Part of us are in Texas, celebrating our Savior's birth without us this year. Some of the traditions are continuing...stockings, gifts, fudge, cookie decorating. For us, Christmas will be "smaller" this year in many ways, yet "bigger" in other ways. Smaller because our whole family isn't together, but bigger because we are serving where God has placed us. Smaller because the tree is, well, smaller, but bigger because we know the tree doesn't make the day. Bigger because each day we are reminded that what we have is much more than some people have. Bigger because we are celebrating with 40+ adults and 50+ children that love the Lord and we are thankful for this Amani family. We have family "REAL" family here in Jinja as well, so happy to spend the holidays with my sister, her husband, my niece, her husband and their 4 children. Having cousins for Christmas is a "bigger" thing to have.
We had the privilege of having a family as guests in our home last month. Family from "home town." Family from "home church". Family from our "neighborhood." Now, that is family. We have missed all of you, our family, during this season especially. Our house would like to say Merry Christmas to your house. We pray your days of celebrating are full of His goodness, love and joy.
David would like you to know that both he and Courtney have lost a tooth. Tooth fairy is in Uganda! Really, they know. When I didn't have small change to put under Courtney's pillow, David got money from his T.O.S.S. savings and put it under his sister's pillow. Can you say BIG HEART!, They are growing and there is definitely nothing "smaller" about that! They both say "MERRY CHRISTMAS"!
