Friday, December 27, 2013

Christmas Party


  After church was over everyone came down to our house to drink coffee and eat cake.

Believe it or not,  it's hard for the folks to really catch on that Christmas is Jesus' birthday.  So we made a big deal about having birthday cake for Jesus birthday. 

But in their culture it is very common to visit relatives and friends and eat a special treat of deep fried tortillas sprinkles with sugar.

 
                      All the kids got a bag with popcorn and candy inside of it.


 
 
    For the past month the kids worked on memorizing Psalm 121   . This week they said the verses and sang Joy To The World in Spanish for their parents.

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Kidz Corner

Brooke wrote a Christmas skit/dialogue .
Just a little light hearted fun this Christmas.


Jello and Stocking

Stocking:  “Guess what time of the year it is?!”

Jello: “What is it, Stocking?”

Stocking:  “It’s stocking time of year!”

Jello:  “Huh?  I don’t know what you are talking about.”

Stocking:  “You know, Christmas!”

Jello:  “Oh, Christmas!  Why didn’t you say so?”

Stocking:  “We get stockings full of stuff, big presents under the Christmas tree, the smell of hot cocoa in the air, the frost on the windows…”

Jello: “Uhh, Stocking?”

Stocking: “Walking through the stores with long lines, awaiting the cashier…”

Jello: “Stocking!!”

Stocking:  “Making purple snowmen and sugar cookies…”

Jello:  “Stocking, can you hear me?”

Stocking:  “Eating my newest concoction: a peanut butter pineapple pudding with pinecones!”

Jello:  “STOCKING!”

Stocking:  “Yes?”

Jello: “Wait, did you say peanut butter pineapple pudding with pinecones?”

Stocking: “Yep, I did!”

Jello: “Wait, what gave you the idea of making such a pudding?” {pause}  “No wait, I probably don’t want to know.”

Stocking: “You’re probably right, you don’t want to know.”

Jello:  “Anyway, as I was going to say, you forgot the most important part of Christmas.”

Stocking: “I did?  I did!!  How could I forget about the Christmas dinner?”

Jello:  “What? That’s not what you forgot!  You forgot that we celebrate Christmas to remind us that Jesus was born on Christmas and later he died on the cross for our sins.  If we ask him to forgive us from our sins, he will.  Someday when we die we will go to heaven instead of hell because we asked him to forgive us.”

Stocking:  “Oh yes,  now I remember!  How could I forget what Christmas really means?”

Jello:  “Now that you finally understand, do you want to make that purple snowman you were talking about earlier?”

Stocking: “Sure, and do you want to try some of my peanut butter pineapple pudding with pinecones?”

Jello: “Um, how about some hot cocoa instead?”

Stocking: “Ok, Merry Christmas, Jello.”

Jello: “Merry Christmas, Stocking.”

The End