And more Birthdays...

Little Levi Wayne Gephart, posing quite effectively as Spiderman =) He was one of the three November birthdays we celebrated this past Wednesday night, along with Roberteau (our one and only Port-Run driver these days) and Shelly Nettles. Here, he looks quite dry. But by the end of the evening, our tradition of pool-throwing had him drenched and running around giving everyone wet Levi-hugs.



And here we have the "Men in Black" - Kristian and Samuel Snow - helping set up the tables and hang the birthday banner before our celebrations begin.


Here is the DTS from St. Croix! After 10 days of helping us distribute food and aid badges to the sinistre of the 5th section (hardest hit area of St. Marc), presenting dramas for our church service and L.A. chapel service, and bringing a lot of youthful energy to this base, they were able to join us for this night of fun before they flew home Thanksgiving morning.


This was our version of cake for the November birthday bash - we figured that cupcakes would be a fun alternative to Shelly's impressive cakes (which we could never quite compete with...), AND they were easy to clean up =) I made my favorite Yum-Yum Cupcakes and Lindsay made some scrumptious red velvet ones. They were a real hit! But I must admit, I look forward to baking Christmas cookies in my mom's oven in a few short weeks, where I have a temperature gauge that actually works, and more than one rack to bake on. It took me over two hours to make this batch of cupcakes! So I'm glad they were appreciated...



Upon request from the Haitian staff, we played another rousing game of Train Wreck for our Birthday Night game. But this time, in keeping with the Thanksgiving theme, we had to say "I am thankful for everyone with sandals on..." etc. etc. And instead of yelling out, "Train Wreck!" we changed the phrase to, "Pumpkin Pie!" By the time we got to our dessert table on Thanksgiving evening, everyone knew what pumpkin pie was =)