For those of use who live in the Southern Hemisphere, Christmas is in the middle of summer, which means school is out and summer holiday is in session! It also means that many of our children will be away visiting family in different parts of South Africa during December. Therefore we celebrate Christmas as the school year wraps up in November, and we couldn’t have had a more perfect, sunshiny day to celebrate the birth of our savior, Jesus.
We loaded up vans and cars and took almost 200 children to a picaresque park right by the seashore. It was a day of full of food, singing & swinging, whirling & twirling, splashing & smiling, presents, and lots of LOVE.
The greatest present of all was to bask in God’s presence with so many beautiful children and people I love present. “How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!” 1 John 3:1
Special thanks to Deo Doxa, a local Church whose congregation provided gifts for each one of the children. Also, thanks to Global Challenge who volunteered to come get rowdy with us!
