Christmas Holiday Events

Following are some sights of our Christmas Eve activities and Christmas day activities.  It was very eventful and very busy, but it just did not seem like Christmas with the weather the way it was, very warm and beautiful.  It is so dry here we are all praying for rain for the Kingdom.  Hope you enjoy the following photos.

This is a home that we drive by every day on our way to work.  We watch the little family living in this place and we wondered what kind of Christmas morning will the little ones have.  So we went to the store and bought bread, some canned meat, oranges and little candy for the children.  We also bought a Merry Christmas cake that is big her in Tonga.  When we arrived only the Grandmother was there and she did not speak much English.  We just told her Merry Christmas and she said the same.  Such humble circumstances!

This is another view of their home.  We all need to be thankful for our beautiful homes!

Elder and Sister Moon had this for their Christmas tree.  Her daughter made it and sent it to them.  They then added a string of lights and tinsel.  It looks so real and was so much fun.  She brought it to our Christmas Eve Dinner.

We all had to have our picture taken by it.

This is Elder and Sister Wood, our fellow snorkelers!

This is Elder and Sister Beckstrand, our dentist here in Tonga on Liahona Campus.

This is Sister Wood  and Sister Burbank.  Sister Burbank is single and is our Nurse here in Tonga.  She is from Canada.

These are some of the shells that Sister Murdock found on the beach on Christmas Day.  A big group of the Senior Missionaries went to the beach together.

Through the Holiday week we did various things, one of them was to all go to dinner together at Keleti Beach Resort where they have the best fish and chips and the view is wonderful as you are eating dinner.

Another view out of Keleti Beach Resort at the beach below.

This is as the sun is going down while we are having our dinner.

Another view from our dining table.  It was so beautiful.

This a tree in front of the temple.  It is so beautiful in full bloom.  This is why we have a hard time remembering it is December and Christmas time.  The weather is so warm and the flowers are beautiful now!

The red flower is from the tree in front of the temple.  We also have these trees on the campus of Liahona, some right out our back door.  The other flower is off the tree in front of the Woods apartment.  It is very beautiful as well.