Thank you so much for your prayers the last week.  Ron and the crew had six successful Cofan Christmas celebrations down in the villages.  Sarah and Julia were such a HUGE help and Ron loved having his daughters along on the trip.  Here are a few highlights:

Traveling to the villages is always an adventure…

The delight of receiving a Christmas present

Some throwing contests and tug-o-war

Groups in Sinangue and Uperito…

The Christmas story was told with puppets this year and very well received!

Julia loved playing guitar and singing with the children and Sarah worked her magic with paper airplanes

This past Sunday was also our Sunday youth class Christmas party at church.  We enjoyed a homemade spaghetti lunch and lots of other goodies that the kids brought to share

We will finish with Esther and her children’s group sharing about the third candle of Advent this past Sunday – the Joy candle – and relating it to angels