Hope everyone had a great Christmas....I'm at the airport waiting for my flight to Naoribi (and thence to London)....Sisters wanted to bring me to the airport (also see the airport) but they had a lot of errands so we went early and I have a wait (which is fine w. me).....also, the airport has a great internet cafe!
We had a really good Christmas at PH. There was a group of PCVs who came and they interacted w. the kids so well...dancing,singing, playing soccer, talking....just like PCVs should be! The kids were thrilled w. the attention and of course, the food and the presents (thanks to Maria's friends and all the kids who brought stuff...e.g. bubbles, bouncy balls etc.) We filled the stockings the tailoring girls made (the girls still thought it was a waste to use that nice material for something that couldn't be worn, but that's O.K.) and everyone (kids, old folks and in between) got one plus a stuffed animal! It was really great. I was worried that it might not go well but heard one of the boys tell his mom on the phone that night that it was "awesome".
We went to 10 p.m. Mass at the Sister's chapel on Christmas Eve and they liked that too...great singing! At the end of his sermon Father asked the "visitors" to sing a song and after a few seconds of disbelief that he's asked that, we sang "Joy to the World"...not bad either! Mary and Joseph (both women) were led down the aisle after that by Ugandan dancers and African drums....the power went out just after the offeratory and we all thought it was part of the special effects till a nun brought in a lantern so the musicians could see the music!!!
Hope you all had a great day.......I don't miss the cold (London at 40 will be bad enough for me). Best wishes for a wonderful year in 2009!!
Short blog - do you believe it? Don't have my ususal notes!
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