Christmas is coming...

We have been very busy, and involved and going through an "interesting" time.  First, Don and Pastor Marius have been hauling sand for Pastor's new church in Milot.  They have been working for days getting enough there for a team to come and build the church in January.  Praise God they now have enough.  But between that truck and the pickup we have right now, 6 flat tires...Don is a bit frustrated by that.  I've put a few pictures here of where he goes to get the sand.  It's at a place called Gran Rivere.  For those of you who knew us a long time ago, you may recognize the one fellow in the pictures of the guys.  It is John. (He is on the far right.)  He worked with us when we were in Milot, then he was our watchman for a while here in Cap.  He went with Pastor and Don for all the loads they hauled.  

 Then there are Abbie and Savanah.  They are both a trip and a half.  Abbie loves to sit with the baby on the bed and "teach" her.  She does math and reading.  She tells me Savanah is doing really well.  Okay....the baby was 8 weeks old yesterday, so I'm SURE she is doing well in both subjects!!☺

And our other "news" is Don's trip....well, that sound exciting, but it's not.  He had changed something on the TV and backed up to use the remote...and tripped over a box.  We really have NO idea what he hit or how he did it, but he did do damage, to himself.  When I first saw the blood and his hand, I thought he had torn off a finger.  After cleaning it up, we realized he only ripped part of the finger off...but not totally.  I put ointment and what dressings I could find on it.  It was late evening.  Then spent a LONG time cleaning up the blood all over the living room and kitchen.  The next morning our good friend, Belle, came with a doctor who sewed Don up.  He should be fine now, even with those stitches and a sprained wrist and thumb.  The loss of blood had made him a bit weak...but then, he's a man, and all that blood alone would have made him fuzzy.  Stitches come out next weekend and he'll be fine.  But for now, no driving for a couple of days.  

And it's only 14 days till Christmas.  Abbie is SO excited.  She is also excited about the school play and her part in that.  She can tell you the story of Jesus' birth in DETAIL...with all the expression of the shepherds shocked faces to the love on Mary's face.  So, our Christmas is going to be reading the whole story in Luke (Abbie wants to read it herself) to having birthday cake for Jesus.  

I hope you are keeping the REAL reason for this season at the front of all you do.  And Yes, please wish everyone a VERY Merry CHRISTmas!!!!