13 weeks

Posing with baby Jesus on stage at the JCS Christmas program :)

Our baby is the size of a medium shrimp!

What's been happening this week:

School Christmas Program, Dec. 9 - We made "ponchos" out of butcher paper and wore cowboy hats and the kids sang and danced to a song in Spanish about riding their little donkey to Bethleham... the funny thing is in Spanish little donkey is "burrito" so there were Americans who thought the butcher paper meant they were actually supposed to be wrapped up like burritos (the food) and that's what we were singing about, hahhahahaha.

OANSA Christmas Party at Church, Dec. 10 - We had a lunch, gifts, games, and the Christmas story for over 60 OANSA kids (the club that I teach at church), most of who are very poor and were very excited, most likely was the only Christmas present they would get, and they each got an apple, which are expensive here so was a really special treat for each of them, it was a really heartwarming day.

OANSA Christmas Program at Church, Dec. 11 - I made up a little dance to a Christmas song here called Din Don Din and taught to my 3-7 year old class at church which they were super precious performing for our church Christmas program.

We also hosted a team of 12 in our house this weekend from the anti-trafficking Defender's Foundation from Florida and California for a few days during their mission trip to the DR and hosted them on local outings such as waterfall hikes and souvenier shopping.