Be jealous

This past Sunday afternoon we had our yearly Bible Club Christmas party. We had over 36 kids attend – at least 12 were kids who rarely come or have never been to our Bible Club. We are very thankful and are praying they return. We started with playing Steal the Bacon, then we headed upstairs for singing and a lesson. Afterwards the kids each decorated a Christmas cookie. We ended with playing a clothesline relay game.

We’re very thankful the Carson ladies came with two of their Tampuan friends. The Carsons were a big help with Ezra and with being extra pairs of hands for me. We’re blessed with their friendship.

As soon as the party was over, we loaded our family in the car and headed back to church to help our youth practice for a Christmas play. Our weekends are quite full with helping with Christmas celebrations. For the past two weeks I’ve been helping two teenage boys with their Christmas song piano playing. Two Sunday afternoons ago I worked with our youth at church who want to learn to sing in harmony. We worked on the chorus of The First Noel. We will continue helping with music and the play until our church Christmas celebration on December 28 & 29.

On November 30th I taught at a meeting for Jarai and Tampuan ladies who are leaders in their churches. They usually meet at least once a year. There were at least 35 ladies there from 10 villages. I spoke on James 1:5 and 2 Timothy 3:16-17 in Khmer, since that is our common language. I was thrilled to have this opportunity. So thankful to God for helping me have time to prepare and for helping me speak. Thankful to Josh for watching the kids and making extra time for me to prepare my lesson.

We continue to have our weekly Saturday night Bible study with our Khmer neighbors. Davi is a new believer and comes with her children and some of her nieces and nephews. We sing together, Josh is teaching through Firm Foundations, and we pray.

December 1st our church had a baptism. About 15 people were baptized. We are so thankful to see God working in our church.

The first week of December we decorated our home for Christmas. The kids made a huge paper chain.

And there’s always the busyness of keeping an eye on children # 5!

For Becca’s birthday we spent a few hours at a pool in Ban Lung (45 mins away from us). We were impressed that all the older kids went down the big water slide multiple times. Clara always went down on Josh lap. Ezra loved the water.

This past Monday Becca and I had her birthday sleepover while Josh was away. We ate popcorn and played games. I taught Becca how to play Dutch Blitz.

This week I made the little girls a princess coloring book. Clara insisted we get a picture with the princess.