Happy Christmas!!

12/25/13

Hey again! 

Happy Christmas!

How's it going? How's the family? Oh you just got a raise! Wonderful. Try the fruitcake! It's a perfected recipe. Oh! You got me another pair of Christmas socks. How thoughtful. 

Well we're doing well also. Sam says hello. We're driving back to the base from making Christmasy house visits. What a full day of eating and drinking and being stared at. We had maybe 5 or 6 to go to. All the homes were so beautiful! The food was fantastic too. I don't even know what all I was eating but it was great. 

This morning we woke up pretty late. We read cards from the CO base and my mom sent us 3 students special little gifts and notes. She's the coolest mom ever. 

We were also really debating on whether or not we should even go out today. We've all been really sick this week. It may have been from the water. I got an eye infection too. BUT  we are doing a lot better. We we're planning on delaying our trip into the villages a few days if we continue to get sick. In reality though, we will most likely get sick there too. We've been having some really really weird dreams due to our malaria meds too. Haha!! 

But really. Pray for out health and protection. This is gunna be a big project. 

A few of you were asking about our pet monkey! He's kind of scary. His name is Joker. 

Id show you a photo but it will take too long to upload it. 

We also have a few dogs and cats and birds. No snakes or crocodiles right now, unfortunately. 

Well... tomorrow we leave for the village. We'll be there for about 3 weeks. Then we'll come back for a few days. Then we'll go out again for round 2. I'd make a joke like "If I don't come back... For whatever reason... Know this..." But I'm not even going to play like that. 

But for real, please take care. 

The team is doing really well right now I think. I mean, other than being sick. We continue to have to duke things out between us but it's better than keeping quiet. 

Well, that's all the excitement I have for you today. Other than this, we've just been sleeping a lot. 

Happy Christmas, dear friends. Open up the new year without me. 

Shalom. 

-G