Christmas Events 2014

We had many events leading up to Christmas.  We have done firesides, and decorating our apartment, if that is what you want to call decorating.  Here are a few of the pictures of the events that we had up to Christmas.

This is a Christmas tree made out of coconuts in front of a restaurant.  This is their decorations for the season.

This group came Christmas carolling to us at our Family Home evening.  There was probably 30-50 people and you should hear them sing.  They about blasted us out, but it was beautiful.

This young lady and her daughter is from Idaho, around Meridian.  She also has a little boy as well.  She is married to a Tongan and for some reason he was deported back to Tonga.  In Idaho they had their own home and was doing well, just getting ready to go to the temple to be sealed and in one day their life changed.  They were living with one of his Aunts here in Tonga, but they are now in a little lean-to with no power, but they do have running water from a faucet.  They made a make shift shower that they hook the hose to to shower at night.  No hot water, no stove, and no fridge.  They go to the market each day to buy the food they will eat that day.  I have talked to her for awhile and she said she is so happy for her little lean-to!  You all need to be thankful for your homes!

This is a flower arrangement that one of the ladies makes to put on the stand through the Christmas Holiday.  The Sunday before Christmas she came to our home and gave it to us.  It certainly made our little apartment look more like Christmas!

If you look real close you can see the red balls hanging in our windows, the new kitchen towel we received at a Christmas meeting, the one Christmas card from the 1st Presidency, and the beautiful flower arrangement.  That is the extent of our decorations for the season!

This is a Family Home Evening Fireside we are doing with two ward youth choir.  They were amazing to listen to, so beautiful was the music.

Here we are waiting to have our turn at singing.  I doubt we out did them.  They really can spread the cheer!  The attendance was far less than we thought it would be.  That was sad as it was a very beautiful night.

"As we sing in choirs, families, and classes, and as we listen together, the carols of Christmas remind us of our shouts of joy when we learned that we could come to this world and be given a Savior to redeem us.  Someday we will sing those songs with the hosts of heaven."    Henry B. Eyring