Merry Christmas!

Just want to send warm (literally!) Christmas greetings your way. We had
a lovely day. Last night we had a nice little gathering of most of the
white faces around - some were sick, and we had plum pudding and
cinnamon rolls. Then today we had a nice quiet Sabbath. We went out to
our normal branch Sabbath School and Cherise told the story of baby
Jesus. It was quite amusing as we haven't read it to her for a while.
She was holding up the My Bible Friends book, and this is sort of how it
went, "So, the lady was pregnant, and she had a baby in her belly."
..."And the baby was so tired of traveling in her belly!" Frederick was
translating for her so we were hoping he was smoothing it out a bit!! It
was really funny, but we were proud of her for trying. Next time we will
read her the story beforehand!

We had a good week. Gary and the other two couples (Kel and Josie, and
Jonathan and Melody) went to Moundou to get the container through
customs. The others needed to get some stuff for setting up
housekeeping, and I needed a break, so it worked out nicely. They we
able to get everything through customs and unloaded, including a vehicle
and get back about 12:30 midnight Tues night (really early wed morning).
Most of the stuff in the container is for the clinic in Moundou that
James is starting, so the whole thing didn't come here, they just filled
up the two vehicles and brought stuff back. So, our fridge and freezer
have arrived!!!!!!!! I am so excited! I really wanted to have at least
the fridge hooked up by Christmas, but since they weren't able to bring
everything this trip, not everything we need made it here. :-( Gary
tried anyway to rig something up and he really made a valiant effort, so
I appreciate it and I guess we'll have to go get the rest of the stuff
soon. The only problem is neither one of the hospital vehicles run very
well, so it's always an act of faith to start out on a trip with them!!

So, just wanted to let you all know that we were thinking of you today.
Hope you have/had a wonderful Christmas and Sabbath.

Love,
Wendy, Gary, and Cherise