Sunday! December 9, 2012

December 9, 2012

Wow! What a beautiful day it was today! The temperature was just perfect for outdoor activities at about 2 degrees with a gorgeous, white, snow falling. We didn't accumulate a whole lot of snow today, probably only about 1”, but it was beautiful.

We enjoyed a leisurely stroll to church, where the children first had a Sunday School lesson and then joined the adults for the main service. There were about seven junior high and high school students for Sunday School, and our four boys for the younger class. We are working on parts for the upcoming Christmas program to be held on December 23.

For the main worship service, there were probably between 20-30 people present. One of the ladies in the church was able to get a keyboard, so I played that for the song service. Another man in the church was prepared with a message, so perhaps Roger will preach sometime in the next few weeks. Our goal while being here is to be a blessing and serve in any capacity, so while we are trying to be available, we are also trying not step on anyone's toes. After the service, we enjoyed visiting and meeting people in the body of believers and then headed home about 1:00pm.

 

 

 

We took the “long” way home, playing out in the snow, taking pictures, going by the airport to see if any new airplanes had landed, and just having a good time. When we got home, we “unwrapped” our art project. (I've included pictures.) This turned out to be a really fun and cute project and the kids had fun rolling the colored, frozen balloons out on the snow. Chandler wanted to bring his inside (hmm...frozen water with food coloring? I think NOT!) and Garett wanted to save his frozen balloon to bring back to Wisconsin to show Nana (probably not the best idea either!). So, we lined them up on our porch, and I'm sure we'll enjoy them while we are here.

Back inside for a late lunch of leftovers and hot tea, followed by nap time was a perfect way to spend the rest of the afternoon. Now that it is dark outside, we're playing pictionary, making lists for our trip to Fairbanks, and working on various projects before Bible time and bed.

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