Slow Down. Be Still. It's Advent.

Jesus is coming! Jesus is coming! I say this with the same excitement as Steve Martin in "The Jerk" when the new phone books arrive. The season of Advent is one of my favorites for lots of reasons. 1. Purple 2. No more Pentecost 3. More candles in church 4. Lessons and Carols 5. Advent Hymns 6. Preparation for Christmas

Today was the first of two Kwasa Christmas Concert performances. I wish you all could have been there to watch. Luckily for you, I have pictures. It was great to see parents, grandparents, and other care takers there supporting their child - everyone was so proud! Tomorrow is the last show and at the end, the grade Rs will receive their graduation certificates. I will be sad to see them go because that's the class I've been working with, but I'm so excited for what lies ahead of them!

Things are slowing down and speeding up simultaneously. It's strange to think that in less than two weeks, I'll be in America. I've only been here a couple of months! Time has definitely flown by. The schools have stopped giving homework, so after care has been more fun and games and less maths and reading. One of the highlights of my week was toy shopping for 150 kids with Sharron. Toys are great. Sharron is great. Kids are great. So obviously I had fun picking out trucks and pens and play dough.

Something you might find funny:

As we were driving to the zoo, we passed Carnival City (a casino). When the kids saw it, they all shouted "Father Christmas! Father Christmas!" I asked them why, and they told me because that's where Father Christmas lives. Who knew? Santa has to make his money somehow I suppose.