Main street Jarabacoa, in front of our church on Christmas Eve... We had a fun service that morning. Our pastor's wife (also fellow Kids Alive missionaries), Fefa, made Christmas dresses for Micah and Chase.
Micah with Cindy, one of the 5 children who live with Bill and Fefa Hansen. (Bill is the pastor, mentioned above!) 
Christmas Eve - the gange at our house after church! Complete with Jesse, the dog! 
Nana and Papa with the grandkids...A wild time of bike riding took place outside... including the grown up children!!!
While inside we had a wild time preparing a Dominican Noche Buena dinner... Damaris led the way while my mom and I tried to help - I am not sure that we helped make much food, but we did add to the laughter!
Posing for the camera, pretending we were actually working!
Vic did a fun devo for us on our front porch before we sat down to dinner... reminding us of the greatest gift of all... Jesus.
Then, we FEASTED!!! It felt like the Whoville feast...complete, not with roast beast, but numerous chickens and pork, salads of multiple varieties, baked potatoes, moro (a rice dish), Dominican specialites, apples, grapes and raisins... LOTS and LOTS of food! This is actually meant to last for days... and it did!
And in true Dominican fashion... fireworks that night...
And finally a bonfire... with those good ol' s'mores again! The gift that keeps on giving!!!
Christmas Day was leisurely and fun. The kids put on an 'Acto de Navidad' and gave us a very entertaining drama of the Christmas story... Luke 2.
Caesar Augustus, lounging, sends out his decree that a census is to be taken... Luke 2:1
Mary and Joseph and donkey head to Bethlehem to register Luke 2:4... and Jesus is born in a stable. Luke 2:7
The angel appears to the shepherds announcing the birth of the baby! "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests." Luke 2:8-14
The shepherds worship the baby Jesus, and then leave to share the good news... Luke 2:15-20
The wise men arrive from the east with their camels guided by the star, and ask Herod where this baby might be... Matthew 2:1-11
The wise man leaves mounted on his camel... warned in a dream not to return to Herod after finding Jesus. Matthew 2:12
We said good bye to the Herreras, only after eating a tasty lunch of leftovers!... a great three days together - quite the slumber party... We went for a walk and quietly exchanged some gifts.
I will post Micah's note on Dominican Christmas celebration tradition... but gifts are exchanged on King's Day here... so Christmas is all about relationship (and food!!!) - it was really special for all of us! My parents, with no Spanish, really enjoyed the Herreras as well.
While inside we had a wild time preparing a Dominican Noche Buena dinner... Damaris led the way while my mom and I tried to help - I am not sure that we helped make much food, but we did add to the laughter!
Posing for the camera, pretending we were actually working!
Vic did a fun devo for us on our front porch before we sat down to dinner... reminding us of the greatest gift of all... Jesus.
Then, we FEASTED!!! It felt like the Whoville feast...complete, not with roast beast, but numerous chickens and pork, salads of multiple varieties, baked potatoes, moro (a rice dish), Dominican specialites, apples, grapes and raisins... LOTS and LOTS of food! This is actually meant to last for days... and it did!
And in true Dominican fashion... fireworks that night...
And finally a bonfire... with those good ol' s'mores again! The gift that keeps on giving!!!
Christmas Day was leisurely and fun. The kids put on an 'Acto de Navidad' and gave us a very entertaining drama of the Christmas story... Luke 2. Caesar Augustus, lounging, sends out his decree that a census is to be taken... Luke 2:1
Mary and Joseph and donkey head to Bethlehem to register Luke 2:4... and Jesus is born in a stable. Luke 2:7
The angel appears to the shepherds announcing the birth of the baby! "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests." Luke 2:8-14
The shepherds worship the baby Jesus, and then leave to share the good news... Luke 2:15-20
The wise men arrive from the east with their camels guided by the star, and ask Herod where this baby might be... Matthew 2:1-11 The wise man leaves mounted on his camel... warned in a dream not to return to Herod after finding Jesus. Matthew 2:12 We said good bye to the Herreras, only after eating a tasty lunch of leftovers!... a great three days together - quite the slumber party... We went for a walk and quietly exchanged some gifts.
I will post Micah's note on Dominican Christmas celebration tradition... but gifts are exchanged on King's Day here... so Christmas is all about relationship (and food!!!) - it was really special for all of us! My parents, with no Spanish, really enjoyed the Herreras as well.That night we gave thanks to God for the lives he has given us.
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