There's just no way, short of a helicopter, to get a shot of the whole crowd. This is from the top of the roof, and it's a tip of the iceberg.

I wouldn't even hazard a guess at how many people were there this morning, but WAY more than we estimated. We'll have to up the ante for next year.

This is our annual "Merry Christmas," a Christmas give-away at the Gunderson's house, widely partici-pated in by the other missionaries in the area.

Every Christmas people knock on your door and say, "Merry Christmas." Meaning, "What can you give us."

So it was Dennis who started the idea, years ago, of organizing ourselves together so we can do more than a piece of candy or a peso per kid.

This year gifts were shipped in from Singapore, contri-butions were made from people around the world, to give away more toys to children and more food packages to families than we have ever done before.

And the mission-aries showed up in droves to organize it and help give it all away. A great way to start your Christmas Day.