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I trust this update finds you excited for the coming holidays with church activities, family and friends. As for holidays here, Nov. 27th-Dec. 1st, I will be with two young missionary gals in South Africa where we will celebrate Thanksgiving together. One of them is having surgery on her foot (she is from England), so I will be "Mother". The other is going along for moral support and rest (she is from America). We have already talked about how we could make a little "American" meal.....hopefully we can find a small turkey - if not, cornish game hens will work, definitely mashed potatoes, yams and pumpkin pie!

Which then brings us into the Christmas holidays. I can hardly believe there are so few days left to do Christmas shopping - especially since we will celebrate December 18th here at the center. Guess I better get busy! Since South Africa is where we do most of our real shopping, this trip there will be my last opportunityy to buy for the boyz for Christmas.

It is re-integration time once again. Most of our older boys will be joining their families or moving to our Iris community in Marracuenne. My boys were re-integrated in July, so the only movement will be about eight of them going to the older dorm. I am excited to be receiving eight or ten 15 and 16 year old boys. This year we had discipleship classes - the classes with the new group beginning after the holidays, will be to develop leadership.

I am trying out new program during these summer holidays (Nov.-Jan.). It is for the dorm to "adopt a baby" once or twice a week. I go to the babyhouse and get a 2-3 year old and bring him to the dorm, let the boys know I will be "back in a minute" and they watch over him, play with him, hug him (which is so important here) and take care of him 'til I return. Since I just started this, I am not gone very long and it is so funny to watch these teenage boyz play with babies.

There are a couple of boys in the camarata that I have been praying for extra. I was so thankful to the Lord last Friday night when they both went forward at Som Do Ceu (Sound of Heaven youth service) to increase their faith and closer walk with God. Just like teens everywhere, for a 17 year to go forward in front of peers, is pretty awesome. In this case, there were about 150 'peers'. God is so good.


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