Christmas day started early! At 04:30 there was a loud crack of thunder! The day before I'd removed 3/4 of the curtains/drapes from around the house. Because Zesco had been off for about 1/3 of the daylight hours on the 24th and because the sky was clear at bedtime they were still hanging on the lines. So I leaped out of bed at the first sound of the pounding rain to help Theresa finish gathering them off the line..
Right after devo time all the babies and the aunties and everyone else staying at Kasensa (Brivery, Timmy, Taylor, Richard, Sue, Femmy) gathered at the Christmas tree to see what Santa had brought! Each of the babies received a beanie baby and Molly - a new dolly (we made a bed later in the day out of an ice cream container and potholder for blankets) and Timmy - a remote controlled truck. Thanks to Tiffany - Brivery, Timmy and Febby received new soccer jerseys and shorts and thanks to Walmart all the guys received new Christmas ties. For our gift, Richard and I settled for 3 weeks of precious family time with Krista and Tim who are now back at home with the rest of our family.
The church here had a Christmas eve service and then after morning service had a feast of rice, chicken and goat - and chocolate cake with sprinkles! For morning treats at Kasensa - we had cinnamon biscuits, watermelon and tea. We got in a few Christmas visits with Mbumwaes and the Bandas and finished off the day watching the Princess Bride - a classic true love movie!
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