Christmas, like I told you, was absolutely amazing but I want to share with you everything that happened. It was actually a relaxing spiritual day for me. We got up and took our time, had some nice crepes, and then read through Luke 2 as a district. It was sweet to recognize little insights from other missionaries from the story. It really set the mood for the remainder of the day. Mundireki and I went to the Darajani 2 branch president’s home for lunch. There we gave them a pack of flour as a present and even helped them to make chapattis. It was a really good lunch and we even read through Luke ch. 2. We also gave the little kids around some toys to play with and feel the Spirit of Christmas. We planned to go to another members home to do the same thing…flour as a gift and toys to the children. When we got there no one was home so we chose a different member family that really might be in need of the Christmas Spirit. We rode our bikes down the, what seemed treacherous, trail to their home. We found the family sitting and standing around the front of the mud house they all lived in. Muthoni, a young girl, greeted us with the warmest smile like she always does when we visit. The mother, named Kioko, was sitting in a chair and just from the market. We all sat together and we just whipped out right then and there the presents we had for them. Immediately their faces brightened even more as we gave the pack of flour to the mama and small toys to the kids, toys that we received from one of the couples children when they were visiting. Due to time we had to go and offered a short prayer. As we left the mama expressed her love and gratitude to us for what we did. Usually the families here in Chyulu only celebrate Christmas on Christmas day with a nice meal around three to six; this woman said she had nothing to cook with and we had brought her the traditional Christmas they would have because now she had something to cook with. I walked away feeling like I had actually done something. I walked away feeling more grateful than ever, and what did I do, I used money to buy them flour, which brought Christmas to a family who would have had none. Gifts are an important thing during Christmas, but it is the gifts of love and thought that matter most. Truly happiness and peace come from serving and giving to others. Even the smallest of things to one can mean the biggest importance to another.