It is still warm and sunny, however this weekend officially started the Christmas spirit for me. We had the ward party for my parents ward. Well it wasn't really a party, they set up the church and outside the church to look like the city of Bethlehem and in each room was a scene having to do with the nativity. Wise men, shepherds, angels, etc. It was very neat. Outside they had music playing and breads, nuts and dried fruit to eat on a 'napkin' banana leaf. It was very neat! They also had set out a lot of creches that people brought from all over the world. They have those in other places around this time as well and they are great!
Today before church we finally got around to decorating the gingerbread house that I brought here. The girls had fun and the candy was sweet.
Than at church they had the Christmas program apparently because so many people leave for Christmas that they do it early. It was very good. Ward choir sang a variety of 4 songs, there were 2 solos and 1 song by the primary. And some narration that was great. So needless to say the Christmastime spirit has finally caught me to its fullest!
Carlos and I are leaving for Manila,Philippines tomorrow morning so I won't be writing for a while. We will give you an update when we get back!
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