Merry Christmas
Well Christmas here was not like home at all, but I was able to spend it with a bunch of other volunteers and we made the best of it. We were at dinner at a restaurant together on Christmas Eve when 5 Americans who were also eating at the restaurant came up to our table to introduce themselves and wish us a Merry Christmas. It turned out that they were missionaries, so they invited us to their house for Christmas. It goes without saying that Peace Corps is not in any way affiliated with any religion, so me and one other guy took them up on the offer. We went to their house to read the Christmas story, sing a couple Christmas songs and have some dessert. It was so perfectly timed and exactly what I needed. They were so kind to us. Then last night (Christmas night) all the volunteers cooked and we had dinner together. One volunteer had 3 Christmas songs on her ipod that we played over and over; we had a mini-Christmas tree thanks to somebody's thoughtful mom; and someone hung part of a mango tree in the doorway to act as mistltoe. All in all it wasn't too bad. Now it's back to business as usual. Thanks so much Steph for getting mom and dad calling cards because it was so wonderful to hear their voices on Christmas (and yours too of course). I miss everyone! I hope everyone had a great Christmas!
posted by NanettePC @ 7:26 AM
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Hi Nett- sorry I missed your call....i hate that :(
Thinking of ya :)
HI NET! HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I READ YUOR BLOG, SOUNDS LIKE U HAD A NICE IF NOT PERFECT CHRISTMAS- ITS ALWYS IN YOUR HEART. I READ STEPH'S COMMENT- "GOING SHOP'G DO U WANT ANYTHING"-YA RIGHT! WITH ALL THE HEAVY SNOW DENVER IS GET'G ALL SHE CAN GET IS SNOW. 2ND BLIZZARD DUE THERE 2DAY. 1ST 1 LAST WK-DUMPED 22-36" ON DENVER. 2ND DUE 2 DROP 24" MORE. HEY STEPH. U NEED A DOG SLED TEAM??? YEP, I'M WORK'G AGAIN. LAST NITE. THEN OFF 4 3 DAYS. SUSAN'S CLAN DUE HERE 2MORROW NITE. ALL GO'G 2 OHIO 4 BIG HOLIDAY BASH. YEP, WERE IN THE SOUTHPORT H. SLOWLY UNPACK'G BOX AFTER BOX. SUSAN'S HAS HAD STUFF 44 LAST 10 YRS. IN THE FRANKLIN H.. COLLEGE CLOTHS ETC..... BEEN A GOOD YR. 4 GOOD WILL INDUSTRIES IN FRANKLIN. NEWBY PILOT @ INDY DUE ON "LINE" BY JAN 15, THEN 7 "ON" & 7 "OFF"-CAN'T WAIT. THESE BRICK LAYERS R LIKE DOCTORS- IN @ 11 OUT @ 3. NOT MUCH BRICK LAY'G GO'G ON. BEEN GREAT WX. NOW WHEN ITS OVER THEY (BRICK BOYS) WILL B WORK'G IN -20 DEGREE WX. -GO FIGURE. NET, SENT U A SMALL BOX W/ SUNGLASSES IN THEM W/ SOME OTHER STUFF. WILL GET THE OTHER STUFF U REQ'D ON MY DAYS OFF(THIS WKND.) MISS U VERY MUCH BUT I'M COP'G W/ IT. TIME HEALS ALL. CHARLIE/ NANCY DROVE 2 FLA. 2 B W/ ROSI & KIDS. THE REST OF THE KELLEY KLAN W/ FAMILY. I MADE CONTACT W/ ANNIE & KITTY'S FAMILYS. ALL OK HERE. WILL YAK LATER, LOVE DAD PS: COMPUTER FIXED @ H. NOW I CAN YAK @ HOME ONCE THE "HONEY-DO'S" R DONE.
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