Merry Christmas in the summer

Sweat everywhere is not normal for the classic white christmas that is proclaimed in all the songs. But we surely were nice and sweaty on Christmas. But it was not all bad, there are some definite advantages to a sumer Christmas.

A nice barbeque/braai.

Family together in the longer evenings.

Nice marshmellows on the fire.

And en evening with friends.

But whatever the temperature of your Christmas, we hope that it was fillied with the JOY that can only come from knowing the reason for the season.

Merry Christmas!

The professionals

Living on a golf course has an effect on a man. Carl has decided he has a new calling in life;)













But of course, where dad leads, we follow. So for Sinterklaas mom supported the Chinese economy, and now we have two more professionals in the house.

 Needless to say, when it was mom's turn, the camera disappeared:)

Sinterklaas

It's been ages since I've blogged, but it's because everything that's newsworthy is work related and gets posted on the website. www.mercy4africa.com

But now we finally had a fun night. The 5th of December is tradisional gifts day in the Netherlands instead of Christmas, often, not always. It's celebrated by celebrating the coming of St Nicholas from Spain. A man that remarkably resembles Santa Claus, but of cause it not the same.

We enjoyed celebrating this festival on the 10th of December with the other volunteers at Goeie Hoop. Here are some pictures:

Every gift is disguised in a 'package' that says something about  the person or the gift. It is amazing how much effort people put in, and the creativity!

This little man was given to one of the girls that takes care of the babies, isn't that cute?

I actually never found out what the elephant meant;)

A bottle of tablets on my lap, what does that tell you?

It does say that it is for relaxing on the side.

And a face that could wink and stick out it's tongue.

Beforehand I thought I did well this year, but I'll have to try again next year.

We had lots of fun!