For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! RVA has been on break since the end of November and we have been catching up on our sleep, enjoying family time, and celebrating the birth of our Savior.
Here are some pictures to show what we have been doing in December:
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| Decorating the Kijabe Hospital |
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| We hung balloons, streamers, and decorated trees. |
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| Shopping in Kijabe for our last Christmas Gift |
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| John was looking for a pair of shoes. One shoe from each pair was strung on string. Once you found which one you wanted, the owner would find the match in the bag (shown above). |
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| Hand Cookies with Uncle Dan, the Wagners, and Uncle James' family |
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| Cousin Abby helping Ruthie |
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| Cousin Abby helping Gracie cut out her hand cookie. |
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| James and Shelly with their decorated cookies. |
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| Rachel, Abby, and Becky |
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| Cousin Lizzy with Gracie singing Christmas Carols with RVA |
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| Ruthie with Daddy |
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| Getting ready to sing Christmas Carols at RVA with Cousin Levi, Ruthie, and Uncle Dan. |
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| We are ready for the Gingerbread House Contest with our RVA Family. |
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| One of our favorite Gingerbread Houses....Noah's Ark |
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| Our girls counting down the days until Christmas! |
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| During the break, the girls loved spending time with their cousins! |
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| The girls cut out Christmas sugar cookies with Daddy's help. |
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| We tried something new this year when decorating the cookies. We painted on the thin icing. The girls loved that they could put the icing on themselves and added many sprinkles! |
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| The girls remember sledding last year when it snowed on Christmas Eve. So we took them "sledding" the Kijabe way! We cut a box in half and the girls quickly slid down the steep hill. |
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| On Christmas Eve, we sang Christmas Carols at the hosptial. Our group of about 15 sang to the patients in Casualty (emergency room). We had our family picture taken under the decorations we had helped put up several weeks before. |
On Christmas Eve we hosted dinner and dessert with our family. Then John read the Christmas Story from the Bible to the girls, we hung our stockings, and left cookies with milk for Santa.
On Christmas Morning at 6 am, it was still Christmas Eve in Missouri. We sang Christmas Carols with Becky's Dad, her brother and his family, and cousins. Then we opened Christmas presents and had brunch with John's twin brother and his family. In the afternoon we went for a Christmas Day hike around campus and enjoyed the warm Kijabe December weather.
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| Our family in Missouri. We hooked up the computer to our TV so we could skype and sing Christmas carols with them. We were grateful for the strong internet connection at 6 am so we could share this time with our family. |
We have enjoyed our break! On January 2 and 3 we have staff meetings and the students return for term 2 on Saturday, January 5. Classes resume on January 7. Please pray for safety as the students travel back to campus. John will drive a bus on Saturday to pick up some of the students flying in.
Please pray for the staff and students for the start of another term. Students will be adjusting again to life at a boarding school and the staff will be preparing their lessons and activities.
John will continue teaching Grade 6 and Becky will be teaching preschool again. Ruthie and Gracie have missed seeing their friends several days a week. We will be ready to get back into a routine again and look forward to Becky's friend visiting in February over mid-term.
Thank you for your prayers! We pray that the New Year will bring you joy in the blessings from God.
Happy 2019!
Love,
The Myricks
John, Becky, Ruthie, and Gracie
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