Christmas in the Dominican Republic

This is my second Christmas away from home (and in the DR). It doesn't feel like Christmas. It's 86 with a heat index of 96 during the day while at home it's 32 with a wind chill of 28. But I've made the best of what I've got. When my dad came to visit he brought me a suitcase full of Christmas presents.



My Loot!

Not as pretty as Mom's but good enough.

We also had a candle light service this year. I kind of took charge of it because the candle light service at my home church was always a big deal for my family. For candles, I cleverly devised a holder using the tops half of empty pop bottles. For the message, I wanted it to feel like home so I had my brother Luke take pictures of the program when he went to church that evening and sent them to me through facebook. Though I got the page numbers mixed up it was a very special event for me. The team really enjoyed it too.