We were surprised to wake up before the kids on Christmas morning. We found them cuddled up together in their bed as usual, and watched with delight as they woke and wandered out into the lounge room to see the tree with presents underneath.
William was excited to receive a top with numbers on it (so he can be on a ‘team’ he said – every morning he asks to wear a top with numbers), and Hannah felt very pretty in her new dress from Aunty Miriam and Uncle Mason.
After church, which included lots of singing and some dancing, we returned to orchestrate the rest of the lunch cooking, with help from our guests. 4 Australians (that’s us), 3 Germans, 3 Belgians, 1 Canadians, 1 Canadian/Britt and 1 Rwandan made up the party. It was good fun.
In case you’re wondering how we know these people, 3 of them (2 German, 1 Rwandan) are in the running club we’re part of on Tuesdays, 4 are Belgian/Canadian medical students doing a few weeks at the hospital with Tim, 1 (German) works for the Anglican diocese next door for the year, and 1 (Canadian/Britt) is the brother of a good friend who returned to the UK for Christmas leaving his visitor behind for a short time. They were a friendly bunch.
The kids thought eating their Christmas lunch in the tree house was pretty special. We finished the afternoon by playing cricket and board games into the evening. It was a good day: a memorable way to celebrate Jesus’ birth.
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