15 Peruvians of 2010

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Christmas Newsletter 2010

Hola desde Peru

Today in Lima it is warm with bright sunshine. A perfect day for celebrating Christmas in Peru.  Link to our Christmas letter with news of how we enjoyed 2010.

Feliz Navidad y prospero Año Nuevo!

Saludos de Sara y Rusty

Christmas Wishes

I know it doesn't seem like we've posted much in the past few weeks, but rest assured there has been quite a few things being done behind the scenes.

• Tags, maps and captions for the hundreds of mission pictures are being added.  Still more to come.
• Cutting, hauling and trimming this year's Christmas tree.
• Keeping track of that pesky partridge in a pear tree.
• The 2 turtle doves have escaped numerous times.  Ugh!
• Trying to keep the 3 french hens supplied with worms...  I'm still not sure if they understand english.
• There are colly (black) birds all over the place...  I guess we only need 4 though...  right?
• 5 gold rings!  Who can affort that!?
• I tried to "borrow" 6 laying geese...  and about got shot by the owner!
• Security at the park would not let me get close to the 7 swimming swans.
• Eight maids milking...  could not find but 1...  and she has a bad attitude!
• Nine drummers drumming?  How much is that gonna cost?
• Ten pipers piping!  How 'bout one guy with a bagpipe?!
• Eleven ladies dancing.  Does eleven ladies doing Zumba count?
• Do you think it would be OK to replace the 12 lords leaping with 12 guys that jump around a lot?

Merry Christmas!

Amani Children’s Foundation

Help Sharon Presbyterian support orphans in Kenya by purchasing jewelry.  Sharon Presbyterian has partnered with the Amani Children’s Foundation to help support orphans in Kenya.  Kenyan women make the beads and the seconds are donated to the Amani  Children’s Foundation. The Foundation distributes the beads to churches to be made into jewelry. The jewelry is then sold to the community to raise funds to support six orphanages.

The Amani Children’s Foundation is a nondenominational Christian organization located in Winston Salem which began after a husband and wife returned from the Kenyan mission field.  Although Sharon Presbyterian just started making and selling jewelry from these African beads, we have already sent $500 to the Amani Children’s Foundation. It takes $1,000 a year to support one baby for an entire year.

If you want more information about the Amani Children’s  Foundation, you can find it on line at http://www.amanichildren.org/.