Merry Christmas
Well, I finally feel as though Christmas is here. It looks to be a wet Christmas this year with the heavy rains suddenly falling very late. With drought in much north and north-east Uganda, I am sure the rain is welcome to many and we pray they will now be able to grow a good crop.
It is strange how carrying out those familiar Christmas traditions is so important to us.
Last weekend Mark & I went to the Pantomime. Yes, there is even panto in Uganda! The Kampala Amateur Dramatics Society did an excellent performance of Dick Whittington.
As a family we have put up our tree and yesterday, I made mince pies with my two little helpers.
On Sunday 20th like many of you, we shall be going to a Carol service at church. I know many of you are used to carols by candle light but the service at our church is advertised as ‘carols on candles’. I will let you figure out what that could mean…
It became clear to me this week that all of our children’s TV programmes depict Christmas in the snow because Amy suddenly said, “On Christmas, I will put on my coat and hat and go to church on the sled”. She does not even own any of those items!
One of the most special times each day for us has been our story time. We are working through a little bit of the Christmas story each day with the children and it is fun to see them take it all in, in a fresh new way. Yesterday, I commented that the Shepherds were the first ones to know the baby Jesus had been born. I was promptly corrected, “No mummy, Mary and Joseph were the first ones who knew”.
We pray that as you hear the familiar story again, you will be able to celebrate Gods special gift to us in a fresh way this Christmas.