Christmas

We really savored this Christmas. There were parts that felt frantic (baking for 4 different events on the last two days of school...), but we did things we value, seeking to share the love of Jesus and savor that love. This season was full of beautiful and special people.

 

These first photos are from a Christmas Eve 'Christingle' service at an international church that we love. This was our first Christingle experience, and it was both fun and sweet. After racing across town on the sky train and a tuk tuk, trying to avoid traffic that was even more unnavigable than usual, we arrived breathless to find that the children got to dress up and be a part of the service- lovely! So we immediately had a wise man and an angel, and a wonderful, worshipful time was had by all.

Other snippets of Christmas...

Funny library Santa

Asian Christmas party- leave your shoes at the door!

Reading Christmas stories to first graders

Sister Christmas gifts

Brother Christmas gift

A house full on Christmas day

I mentioned in the previous post about the New Year's Eve lanterns in the sky...I was just beyond thrilled to get to see such a beautiful sight. We got in on the act the following night and released a New Year's lantern of our own...but no picture, as the children found it stressful to grab hold of a flaming paper cylinder- was a moment to remember, though! At least Tim was able to document the preparation of these folks...

preparing to launch lanterns on the beach

And I would be remiss not to mention that we are celebrating a VERY special boy's 5th birthday today. 'Twas a fun day of treasuring our treasure, and I will share about it soon!