1)Our squeaky windmill ----- 2)The caretakers and our house--3)oven where we bake bread
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I don't know about all of you....but I now agree that as we get older, time somehow seems to go faster....what an odd reality.
Anyway, I hope all of you were blessed with family and or friends and a sense of joy as you celebrated the birth of Jesus....We had a nice time here but I missed going to church. There are no Christmas eve, or special Christmas services at any of the churches here. We went the Sunday before Christmas but I ADORE a Christmas eve service.
Celebrating Christmas and New Years by the Uruguayans, consists of lots of parties, and fireworks on both occasions. No traditional meals like ours....but they do gather with friends and families as well.
We had some busy days in our garden here....harvested MANY onions which we have given to a couple places in need of food, and also we are harvesting our corn right now. Planted more sweet potatoes last week also. My back has to be getting stronger, but it sure doesn't seem like it!
We will be having 10 girls from ages 11-19 from an orphanage her for the week for a camp...We have skits, planned activities, Bible studies and discussions, prayer time, and free time planned for them. I'm really looking forward to it....it will be a housefull of Spanish----just what I need the most! Still no rain to speak of....just a little bit about a week ago, so please continue to pray for it........a farmer in our town lost 70 cows a few days ago as they found some water and drank so much they died from what they decided was water intoxification!!....how tragic!
Anyway, I hope all of you were blessed with family and or friends and a sense of joy as you celebrated the birth of Jesus....We had a nice time here but I missed going to church. There are no Christmas eve, or special Christmas services at any of the churches here. We went the Sunday before Christmas but I ADORE a Christmas eve service.
Celebrating Christmas and New Years by the Uruguayans, consists of lots of parties, and fireworks on both occasions. No traditional meals like ours....but they do gather with friends and families as well.
We had some busy days in our garden here....harvested MANY onions which we have given to a couple places in need of food, and also we are harvesting our corn right now. Planted more sweet potatoes last week also. My back has to be getting stronger, but it sure doesn't seem like it!
We will be having 10 girls from ages 11-19 from an orphanage her for the week for a camp...We have skits, planned activities, Bible studies and discussions, prayer time, and free time planned for them. I'm really looking forward to it....it will be a housefull of Spanish----just what I need the most! Still no rain to speak of....just a little bit about a week ago, so please continue to pray for it........a farmer in our town lost 70 cows a few days ago as they found some water and drank so much they died from what they decided was water intoxification!!....how tragic!
Thanks for the prayers and e-mails.....
BLESSINGS---Holly
