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| The house mamas receiving Christmas gifts |
We are officially into the Christmas season at GSF!
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| Katie reading the Christmas story to the kids. The stockings are on the table in front of her. |
Our Christmas celebrations actually began on the last day of November. Many of the kids at GSF go visit their families over the Christmas holiday. We had a 'Christmas eve party' of sorts for them before they went. We had a traditional Ugandan meal for them and then they all got stockings. Their stockings were filled with things they will use in the village, such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, vaseline and soap. They also got some things they will enjoy like cookies, candy and juice. We miss the kids while they are gone, but they enjoy their time. We also have eight kids that are being resettled this year. So sad to see them go, but glad they are in families now!
The Ugandan school year runs on the calendar year, so school 'speech day' was held in December. Speech day is where each class sings a song or does a dance or something. The main event is K5 graduation. All the parents come, especially if their kids are graduating. It is a big deal to graduate from K5 and parents come from all over to watch their kids graduate. I was not able to be there for the whole thing since I was in school, but I was so glad to be there for the graduation part. Eight GSF kids graduated - three of our girls were the top three in the class! My mom shared some of their stories here.
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| One of our GSF girls at her graduation. |
Friday was the GSF staff party. The staff party always happens the last party before most of the staff take their two weeks off for Christmas and new year. Each department does a presentation of a dance, song or skit {or all three :)}. There is lunch served by the missionaries and cake. Each staff member gets a gift and some beef from a cow slaughtered at GSF. Since we have a Colombian missionary who has served at GSF for 17 years, it has become a tradition for her to sing 'Feliz Navidad' every year. This year she slooooowly pulled up ALL the staff members on stage to sing.
We have enjoyed having all these parties and look forward to celebrating Christmas with the kids, staff and missionaries still at GSF this week!
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