Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Our first Christmas at the guesthouse was busy, with all four apartments packed with guests. We began our Christmas season by inviting our guests and some Muslim friends from the community to help us decorate our property. The lights from our Christmas tree and the star on the water tower provide an excellent opportunity to share the story of Christ's birth and why we celebrate Christmas. Michele invited a missionary from Germany to bake

With the arrival of a group of six men from Waypoint Church, who came to explore the ministry God has for them in The Gambia we started the month juggling. They all visited our medical clinic and literacy centers in Ndungu Kebbeh. Two stayed for several days to assist Alison in arranging and purging the clinic for the upcoming partnership, which was a huge help. Two others went to a different medical clinic that the ECG (Evangelical Churches of The Gambia) took over from WEC