Christmas

Christmas Eve
First we went to a party at the apartment of one of our friends from church. We then spent most of the evening with our good German friends whom we met at CIU in South Carolina. It was fun to get acquainted with their brand-new baby boy. When we arrived home, we found a beautiful gift: a plate of home-baked cookies prepared by our landlady.

Christmas Day
Our International church had a noon service, celebrated in a newly re-modeled buildling. Then we surprised both families by participating virtually in their celebrations (in Texas and Guatemala, respectively) thanks to the Internet, web cameras, high-speed Internet access at our friend's apartment, and our wonderful brothers who made it all possible. It was great fun!