Christmas njema!

Christmas eve, on the street






This Christmas has been very different from what I'm used to.
First of all there is no snow, and when I look out my window it looks like summer.
There is no big Christmas tree in the livingroom, no familymembers, no Christmas parties at the famous Tempe-house, and even the smell of Christmas is missing..

But still, I've had a great time. On Christmas eve, sponsored by the other Marianne's parents, we made a lot of rice, bought plenty of soda and 15 chickens. It was time to give a Christmas gift to the people without food or home; Christmas day is no different from any other day when you live on the streets. Jonathan, the Canadian guy who is living on a matress in our livingroom, brought his guitar ready to play Christmas songs. Over 30 people; kids, youth and some adults, were gathered, and it was an experience I'm not going to forget. Earlier one of the kids told us he once tasted chicken, and he felt like he was in heaven..So you can imagine how they reacted when we came.. Some even started fighting over the chicken and the police showed up, but when we told them it is just Christmas food, they smiled and left. :)

In the evening we gathered some friends for Christmas dinner at our place, Lasagne was on the menu, not the typical Christmas food, but still it tasted really nice. A good party of people; two Norwegians, one Canadian and four Kenyans made this a special evening.

On the 25 of December we were invited to Rebecca's family. So after church in the morning we were off to Mathare North. On the way we stopped by a policestation to visit a policeman we have gotten to know, and in the exchange of a Christmas song, we got a free ride to Mathare. Even the Kenyan police is nice when it is Christmas. ;)