Our English level three class is over. We had a big celebration with certificates, singing, dancing the Hoki Poki and lots of food. John James wore a traditional African outfit for the festivities. It was a day of great rejoicing! We will start a new class in January.

Rita and Danny Kalala were married the end of November. They both had served as missionairies in the DR Congo Kinshasa Mission. What a beautiful couple!

We made forty-five of these little mangers with baby Jesus to give to the Primary children at the Kasa Vubu Ward Christmas party. The children loved them. We used our milk and juice boxes we had saved. We covered them with used brown envelopes and shredded others to make the straw. The babies were made from some of Elder Moon's socks and some material left over from other projects.

Sister Moon with one of the Primary counselors on the left and the Nursery leader on the right. One of the cute kids jumped into the picture at the last moment.

Sister Moon with two of her friends.

The angel appearing to the shepherds.



Joseph and Mary with baby Jesus. They did a good job acting their parts with great dignity.
Some of the shepherds and wisemen.

One of the sweet angels.

Joseph.

Our three wisemen for our Nativity presentation.

Joseph and some of the shepherds.

Children dressed for the Nativity scene.

Mary and some of the angels.

Dressing the Primary children for the Nativity scene. They acted it out as it was read from the scriptures for the ward Christmas party. We made all the costumes from fabric that had been left from previous missionaries and items we had at our apartments. Sister Livingstone and Sister Bailey were a big help making the costumes and mangers.

Elder and Sister Barlow went home the end of October so we were asked to do a few of the Humanitarian things to keep some of the projects going. This is a group that assisted Elder Moon as he installed a video camera and TV monitor onto an operation microscope table at St. Joseph's Hospital Eye Surgery Center.

Elder Moon and one of the doctors dressed to enter the surgery room to install the equipment. There were three surgeries taking place as he installed the equipment.

We also delivered 50 Neonatal Resuscitation kits, 50 manuals and 100 syringe bulbs to Dr Ngoy and Dr. Valerie also at St. Joseph's Hospital.

Our dear friends, Elder and Sister Barlow. They have returned home but their influence continues throughout the DR Congo. Oh how we miss them!!!!

This is one of the cute families that came for the closing ceremony of the wells.

Another sweet family that came to the ceremony.

Elder and Sister Barlow who headed up the project.

Sister Barlow pumping water!

At most closing ceremonies, the chief usually takes a drink and then spits on the four corners of the project to bless it. Here is the chief in action.

These pictures were taken a few months ago at a village where the Barlows had done a water project. The project consisted of two wells up in the village. These pictures show many of the villagers walking to the river, washing their laundry, bathing, and filling their water containers to take back to their homes in the village.