Here we are doing some last-minute packing for our 2-week trip to the UK for Christmas with family, courtesy of British Airways (who grounded one of our flights over the summer and gave us some rather generous compensation - thanks BA!), and I realized it had been a shockingly long time since we blogged.... so here it is, a quick glimpse of Christmas season on the Africa Mercy.
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| Sinter Klaas came to visit us, all the way from the Netherlands. Via Spain. I think. |
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| Daniel was less impressed with Sinter Klaas than he was with the cookies in his bag. Can you spot him? |
In our multi-cultural community there are many ways to celebrate, and so many amazing people who put on fabulous events to bring the community together: Santa Lucia (from Scandinavia), Sinter Klaas (from the Netherlands), cookie baking and decorating, ginger-bread house competition, door-decorating contest, Christmas concert, craft night, Winter Wonderland Christmas bazaar, and Advent services to name just a few.
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| Cookie baking! |
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| Christmas craft night! |
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| more crafts... |
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| ...and more crafts |
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The Elementary School Choir getting ready to sing at an Advent Service
...and here's your annual digital Christmas card:
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Let me leave you with a thought expressed by one of my fellow-Chaplains at the last Advent service:
There was no room for Him in the inn.
There was no room for him. No room.
How can we, especially in the midst of what is often a really busy season, make room for him in our schedules, in our lives, in our hearts?
We wish you all a very merry Christmas filled with the peace and joy of His presence.
