Christmas At Home

It's good to be home to spend time with our family and friends. God provided for us to make it home in time for Christmas even with flying through the messy situation at Heathrow Airport in London. We went to church on Christmas eve, Christmas day, and Sunday, and enjoyed each unique service.

Our first Christmas celebration was with Rebecca's family.

The second Christmas celebration was with Mark's family.

We still have a couple more Christmas celebrations coming up, since we've done only one each weekend so far. Spending a whole weekend with each part of our family has given us lots of time to spend together. It has been very fun and it is so great to spend time in person.

Our weekdays have been spent visiting friends, most days we see someone for lunch and someone else for dinner. This has kept us really busy but it's great fun seeing everyone again. We are so thankful that we have a longer time at home so we can see so many of our friends.

Here we are with our friend Amanda who has been to Romania twice already. You can see Grand Rapids far off in the background.

We've been able to see our favorite little kids quite a bit too which is a big blessing. They are growing fast but thanks to Skype they still remember us very well. We love playing with them!

We've been able to make it to many great restaurants and are thankful for so many of our friends' generosity. Our number one requirement was to go to San Chez Tapas Bistro, our favorite restaurant. Tapas are small Spanish dishes that are shared by everyone at the table. This allows you to taste many different foods that are all extraordinary!

Two of our favorite foods at San Chez: Blue Cheese Fritters and Potato Empanadas.

We also have eaten Thai, Chineese, Turkish, Mexican, and American food. We are thankful for the variety of food here, something we don't have much of in Romania.

We have also been very blessed by a new partnership between us and Caledonia CRC. God has been providing for us since we decided to go to Romania and it is evident that He still wants us there. He has been very faithful in providing all that we need and this added partnership provides for our longer term needs. We are so thankful and want to ask that you join us in praising God for his unfailing faithfulness. Also we want to say thanks to you for all your support and prayers! We are reminded of what a wonderful support net we have here, and we know we couldn't minister in a foreign country without that.