More Christmas News

So I wanted to update you all also on the other Christmas celebrations I have had. First of all, the day of Christmas Eve- I had a great relaxing morning, making crepes with syrup and nutella and singing along to the entire double C.D. of Handel's Messiah for fun. After an afternoon with the kids, I spent an enjoyable Christmas Eve by myself at my house, listening to music, baking Oma's christmas cookies which turned out really well, chatting with my mom on the phone, and then with friends on msn- so I wasn't even really alone, which was great. Christmas Day I went to Starehe for the morning, stopped at Mama Sophia's for an hour hanging out with her family, then headed through the downpour to Trent and Rhonda's house in town, where the Lipinskis (and Rhonda's parents who are here) were joined also by Simon and Greta. We had a crazy good turkey dinner (I contributed a tomato salad) followed by dessert (I contibuted my Oma's christmas cookies that I baked...) and a gift exchange (I got some Kenyan coffee and a couple of mugs, which will be very useful, and I gave 3 wooden carved candlesticks that I got from the market in town). We all enjoyed it a lot! Finally, today I went out to the farm with Simon and Greta, and had some fun time with the Starehe boys there (they are the exiles- living there because of behavioural issues for a few months now), singing some Christmas carols, reading scripture, learning spoons, (oh- side note, not sure if I mentioned it yet, but I've introduced the game 'spoons' to Tanzanian children- it is wonderful:) and eating some more of my cookies. It was so good to see them, and I hope to make it out to the farm more often in the new year.
Anyways, that's the summary of my christmas events. I had a great time, and have lots to be thankful for- God is good. I hope everyone at home had a good Christmas too. Blessings to everyone who is reading this!