We know your secret identity.

You go around disguised as doctors and teachers and salespersons and stay at home moms, but we know who you really are.

You are the people who feed almost 20,000 students a lunch every school day.

You are the people who have built 17 solar computer centers with another 3 scheduled for completion in 2010.

You are the people who have heard the cry of the children of Africa, and you have not made peace with it.

We are so grateful for you, and your secret is safe with us.

This has been a challenging year in so many ways, but I can look anyone in the eye and say:

We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

• Steve continued as the director of college guidance at RVA, and continues to see his students as the treasure that made a man sell everything he had for the sake of the treasure of the field.

• Nancy has excelled as the head of World Languages (it sounds a little off to say Foreign Languages when you are in Africa) and continues making our home such a joy and pleasure.

• JT is a junior at Wake Forest and has just become an RA.

• Matthew is having a great senior year at Rift Valley Academy and has been accepted to seven colleges at this writing.

• Ben loves third grade and loves to read about US history.

• Katie loves third grade and loves to do crafts with mom.

At this point, our plan is to take a furlough year when Matthew graduates in July. We have been out in Africa for five years with a one-term break to get JT started in college, but if we take a year, we can be there for Matthew’s first year of college and get to see JT graduate in 2011. And we are tired; we are flirting with burn out right now, and we need to recharge the batteries.

Our wish for you this season was better said by someone much greater than me:

I hear music in the sound of children laughing.
It’s a beautiful noise that fits you like a song.
Makes you wanna have a very merry, holly holy,
cherry cherry Christmas time the whole year long.

Cherry Christmas Everyone!

Check out our newest video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHrrUy5-EmQ

Kenya Kids Can is supported by the prayers and financial contributions of people like you, from all over the world.  If you are able, please make a donation today to either the “Peifer School Lunch Program – 000339” or the “Peifer Computer Center Program – 000336.” Steve and Nancy raise their own funding; to support their family directly, make your contribution to “Peifer, Stephen C and Nancy J – Support 047930001.” Thanks in advance!

(Please do NOT send checks directly to Kenya.)