"Bring It On.....2011!"

Hi Everyone,
What a week! Just wanted to show you some random pictures of this past week - our staff Christmas party (such sweet fellowship and Christmas carol singing), loving on the OLA babies (that's grandson, Gus, holding Okachee with glasses - grin), a child's casket (makes me sad to think of the families hurting now) and, last but not least - the butchering of cattle!!

Corrie and Theresa were running around the Hillcrest Campus last week and saw some of the maintenance workers butchering five cows on the outdoor basketball court. They got there right after the cattle were killed. The meat will be divided among the Hillcrest Nigerian workers as their Christmas gift from the school. This is quite a treat and they do it every year. Meat is very expensive in Nigeria and most Nigerians don't eat it because they can't afford it.

What a crazy world we live in - there's good, bad and ugly things that happen around us all the time. We stand in awe of an Almighty God who
wants to bring order out of chaos, bring peace to a troubled world and hope to the lost.

For those who have been asking - we are safe and we continue into this new year of 2011 with hope and joy. We have two work teams coming in the next week, so our blog might be sporadic at times. We see that most of our friends and family are experiencing LOTS OF SNOW!! Well, we're not! It's in the 80's here - hot and dry and dusty! What a contrast, huh?

Happy New Year to everyone!! Chat with you again next year.

In-joy,

Eileen and Crist