Update 4 - Christmas edition!

A few snapshots of a North African Christmas!

Making Christmas Bread without gluten.

Christmas Eve celebration where we got together with some local women and shared our Christmas traditions with them!

Playing Christmas songs for everyone

Merry Christmas Morning! We went to the Sunday Souk (basically Arab Farmer's Market) to get vegetables. We could also have bought live goats or cows or sheep if we had so desired.

Our happy little Christmas tree!

Greatly excited about all the Christmas presents sent from people at home - Country music cd was one of the favorites!

All the loot + gluten free christmas bread!

It amazes me that in this country, I have seen people living as primitively as they did when Jesus was born, yet a few hours away is a completely modern city, complete with Pizza Hut and Micky D's. 

 We went to the beach city for Christmas and were able to worship with other believers and the next day spent time being rich tourists at the tourist town!

 This is like the most hoopla I've seen yet about Christmas/New Year's, but that's just because there are so many tourists here!

Also were able to visit Laura's old language teacher from last time she was here, which was a very fun time! Why do I get to meet such wonderful people; it's horrible because I meet them, love them, and then have to leave forever! :(

Merry Christmas! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends like we did, even though I still am not convinced that it is Christmas due to the dusty dry and sunny weather! :) Oh well, in a few days we'll get our Christmas weather in Madrid! :)

Karen