The Children's Christmas Program at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church was held on Sunday, December 12th. Doug and Tracy, both Sunday School teachers, are pictured next to the cast in the upper left. Gabi, as Mary, has the headscarf and pastel blue dress. Rania was an angel and is in the front row, second to the right of the white sign. Until the program on Sunday, I'd never realized that Joseph would have had such a big grin as he meditated on the birth of Jesus!
The angel, after announcing the glad tidings of great joy, appreciated some comfort from her father. Speaking of her father, Doug was also selected to give the Christmas meditation in lieu of the regular Sunday sermon. He did a terrific job -- much more interesting and impressive than his father would have done! He even included a famous quote from theologian Karl Barth to the effect that the most powerful theological truth that he'd ever dealt with was "Jesus loves me; this I know, for the Bible tells me so."
Just so you know that Christmas (at least the merchandising aspect of it) is celebrated in Kuala Lumpur, the Christmas decorations in the rotunda at KLCC are pictured below. - rw
On the evening before Tasha and Mark and Marta & boys flew back to the U.S. (Dec. 30th) we did manage to take a family photo. 
It was the day after we flew in from Bali and had what seemed like interminable taxi rides in heavy traffic back from the airport. Nancy is the one who has all of the pictures of the many fun activities at our Bali beach hotel, but my "Kodak contribution" is a picturesque rice paddy beside [Marta & Gabi] the restaurant where we had lunch on a day trip from Nusa Dua to Ubud. - rw 
