I spent about 10 minutes thinking about how this could be a
poem, but alas could not seem to get one to come out, so another narrative it
is…
With the volunteer team here and this being our first
Christmas away from home, many fun events were planned to keep us from getting
too homesick. Earlier in the day, we had
an outreach Christmas party at our house that went fantastic! I described it in full in a Christmas
newsletter I sent out, so if you would like to receive that newsletter, please
email me at eorre@aol.com. Anyway, I felt about ready to collapse after
our friends left the party. But, push on
we must because Christmas was coming!
That night we all went over to our friend’s home to
celebrate. We ate some very yummy pizza
from Pizza Hut. No kidding, Pizza
Hut! They have it here and it tastes
just like the stuff from home! We also
watched The Nativity Story together.
It was great to sit around the screen watching one depiction of our
Savior’s birth with so many like-minded friends. We could relax, stuff ourselves, and remember
the night the Son of Gsd
came into the world.
Of course, we also opened presents! There were so many packages under the
tree! The team brought presents for
everyone…things like Oreos, marshmallows, and m&ms…you know the important
stuff. I also got some lovely
ornaments. The four of us girls got
Outburst B.ble Trivia! I can’t wait to
play. I’ve been missing playing B.ble
Trivia. My favorite part though was
watching the three little boys open their presents. They were so excited about each and every
gift. It reminded me a bit of my two
younger cousins and how they used to be on Christmas.
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| What could be in there? |
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| Some beautiful ornaments I received |
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| B.ble Outburst!! |
On the way home, Lindsey and I found some Christmas lights hanging in the street and insisted our rickshaw wala turn around and drive us through them. As we gazed at the lights, we began to sing Christmas carols and continued singing all the way home.
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| Dashing through the snow?...no, Dashing through the lights |
T'was the day after Christmas and we have gathered to celebrate with family. Not everyone could be here and we will continue getting together throughout the next week. We have caught folks up on all your blogs and N. has given a horn concert using his new music stand. He have been looking at the art of henna and looking at the book you left here. How long does the henna stain stay on your hand? We may be inspired to have a party and invite the ladies to have a story put on their hand. We do not have snow to dash through here either. Wanted to say HI! and Merry Christmas. We love you! I got a really cool present for Christmas and was surprised!!--Dad says it was due to you "putting a bug" in his ear and N being an elf! Thanks.
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