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Christmas And a Chicken

February 5, 2019 by Joel and Andi

Christmas for us began with the celebration on our church. Everyone had a part in the celebration and it was such a joy watching our church family celebrate together the birth of our Savior.

  • The Men sang together
  • As did the women
  • There were skits
  • And Special Performances
  • The kids sang
  • and danced

Christmas Day we distributed meals as normal and then headed out to celebrate with our host family in their village. For the most part the day went as planned. However at one point in the day the boy Tyler was playing with brought him a live chicken as a gift. Tyler didn’t want to touch it and said no, but the boy insisted so I went over to rescue Tyler and accept our chicken. Although this is not our first time to be given a chicken, it was the first time that the only option was to bring it home with us. So for the the next week we fed our chicken, until it was big enough to enjoy as a meal.

  • Our annual picture of our kids eating together
  • Here was our first picture 7 years ago…they might have all grown a little
  • Our Christmas Chicken

The day after Christmas was our time as a family to continue with some of our home world traditions.

  • Making Sugar Cookies together
  • One of the many American traditions we enjoyed
  • They boys got quite creative

Our Christmas ended with an outreach and Christmas Box distribution in an neighborhood where we have had a kids club running all year. God’s truth continues to go out each week as we share God’s word with these kids

  • We sang with the kids
  • And taught about Christmas
  • The kids from our church came
  • The loved helping to hand out boxes to other kids
  • It was a great chance to share a little of God gift

When I look back over Christmas celebration it makes me smile as it is a representation of our life with blended cultures. We got the joy of celebrating in so many different ways. We truly are blessed and the season was a reminder to me of all God has done for us.

  • We hope that your Christmas was filled with the light and life and Christ
  • From our family to yours a late, but merry Christmas!

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Comments

  1. Linda Wennermark says

    February 5, 2019 at 9:37 pm

    Looks like a wonderful Christmas with tradition and sharing God’s love through you, your family and the local church. Beautiful picture of your family.

  2. Margaret says

    February 5, 2019 at 5:16 pm

    Enjoy reading your blogs and the outreach. Refreshing to hear how God is using your lives.

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