Our Christmas day was spent at Rainbow! What a wonderful time we all had! The kids were all dressed in their nicest dress and they even decorated a few of the bushes outside for part of the festivities. Thankfully I brought a bunch of Christmas candies and decorations with me from the States and I couldn't imagine a better use of the items than sharing them with these beautiful children and the staff at Rainbow. There was "American" Christmas music as well as "Malawian" music throughout the whole day.
Here is a pic of our candy spread. AJ made 4 batches of peanut butter cookies and 4 batches of no bake drop cookies. Then we had candy canes and gum drops and red hots!
The ladies in the kitchen were busy cooking the chicken, rice, gravy, and bread!
Ida and SM!
Justina and CJ!
Our family brought a ton of spaghetti and fruit salad! Here they are chopping up the delicious fruit!
Some of the kids (and Martin!)
Boy will be boys!
Beautiful girls!
Jeremy sharing the story of the candy cane with Nasson and Martin! I had to share it to all of the kids once the prayer and preaching started.
Our beautiful spread!
Gospel time!
And this is what Christmas is all about!
Jeremy and Martin
J and Glory
The girls had been working on a dance/march to share with us on Christmas day!
We loved it!
Serving the food!
And don't forget the desert!
Baby!
Not to be outdone by the girls...the boys had their own performance for us. I believe they are supposed to be dressed up as old men!
Monica and J
After lunch we got out the water toys that we brought. A sprinkler type water game, a slip and slide, and a ball that shoots water! The kids had so much fun!
What an amazing Christmas day and a memory that we will never forget! Thank you, Lord for blessing us with this amazing place and these beautiful people! We are so thankful to serve!
