Christmas is Coming!

I spent the whole day at Gamasara yesterday. There's so much to do before Christmas!

First, all the kids except those going to St. Jude need to have their heads shaved for school. (Yes, even the girls!). The style is actually short anyway, so most of the kids wanted to get haircuts before the Christmas dance.

Obviously, 34 kids weren't going to fit in the truck, so I sent the ones whose haircuts were required for school first. That left the littlest Angels in tears, so I tried to explain in Swenglish that they WOULD get their turn also.

I decided the angels in the Nativity play needed to try on their robes and discovered the robes were filthy. Time to clean up our act! We filled the wash tub with soapy water and the robes. Then we took turns (Yes, your truly, too) stomping on the mixture. The kids had a ball! Tears were dry in an instant. As one kid got tired of stomping, another took over. Who knew being agitators could be such fun? Would you believe 4 of them took naps that afternoon?

After the stomping was finished, we started washing in earnest. Safeguard soap and lots of elbow grease had the robes clean in no time. Then with a kid on each end, we twisted the robes dry and hung them (not the kids) on the line to dry.

Later, after the rain, I had to re wash 2 fallen robes. My solo act wasn't nearly as much fun.

Soon the truck was back and the littlest Angel went to town for haircuts. When the truck returned, it was time to go get the goat who was donated for Christmas dinner. He was tired in the front yard, where I tried to avoid the rest of the day. If I wasn't such a carnivore, I'd be a vegetarian. I have difficulty looking my food in the eye!

When everyone was back together, we ran through the Nativity play again. Mary was advised to look more uncomfortable at the inn, and the results were hilarious. I'm so glad this is their play and all I have to do is costuming and assign roles! It's more fun to watch than to be in charge. I did put my foot down when they tried to add 3 cows to the cast 2 days before the performance. I've got my hands full trying to scrounge up gold, frankincense, and myrrh! I don't have time to costume 3 cows, too!

Soon it was time for supper, devotions, and bed. I can't believe Christmas is almost here!
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