Just wanted to wish all of my faithful readers a blessed New Year! May this year bring you many opportunities to work for the glory of the kingdom of God!
Yesterday we attended our church at 5:00 for a New Years eve service after which there was cake and pop. Then we headed home with our Dutch friends and laid out a table of olliebollen and other goodies. Ritha, her girls, and her sister came by as well and we let of a bunch of fireworks and played with sparklers. We barely managed to stay awake until 12:00 to ring in the new year together... They have an expression here about staying up: tahan (to last - such as a good quality item lasts longer than an item of no quality) mata (eye). Tahan mata.
Sorry, I didn't take any photos... there was a lot of smoke so they wouldn't have been any good anyways... I have to admit that I was very thankful that our bedroom has glass windows and that we have an airconditioner. It was very, very noisy outside last night. Lots of music, fireworks/crackers, carbite bombs and people banging on the metal light poles.
Later I'll do the next post about our trip to Bokindini... when I can use MAF internet again instead of dial-up....
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erica,hugo en kids,
we wensen jullie ook Gods zegen voor het jaar dat nu begonnen is en ik hoop dat je zo heerlijk blijft schrijven zodat we jullie leven in sentani kunnen volgen!
groeten van de sikken uit hattem
Happy New Year to you as well. We also had fireworks and smoke for New Years......we also barely made it to midnight. We just don't "last" like we used too :)
Happy New Year and the Lord's blessings to you and your family as well, Erica!
hey - a belated Happy New Year to you guys too! I'm not as faithful in reading as I used to be. Shucks. You should be on xanga - then I'd read every time! :-) Take care!
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