I had a very lovely Christmas in Birmingham with our friends there. They were so nice to host of for four days and feed us SO well. It was like being at home. They have a nice cozy home and we played loads of games. Settlers of Catan had to be the best one. I had played that a couple of times back in the states, but it was good to get to know the game better.
Other than that we had so much yummy food. We went out for Balti, which is a B'ham original- an Indian dish. For Christmas eve we had salmon and for Christmas we had a turkey. With all these dishes we had so many extra good veggies. We were very spoiled.
At the Christmas eve service the vicar asked if we could be God for one day what we we do. That really got me thinking. There are a lot of things that I would do, and one thing in particular I would really want to do. BUT-What is comes down to is that I am not God and He knows what is best and works things out for the best. Even if I don't understand why. That is the hardest thing to understand. Why? I don't know, I just have to have faith and know that God is in control and does so much better of a job than I ever could.
Walking to church on Christmas morning there were a few snow flakes, but it wasn't really snowing. We had a very nice Christmas day and Ceri and Phil were so sweet to put together stockings for us with the trafitional British stuffers, so nicre! After more games we were getting ready for bed and noticed that it was all white outside. Too bad it was 1 am. We went out and played in the snow for a while and then went to bed.
Boxing day was also very lovely and we vedged in the house for a while and what do you think we did? If you guessed played more games you are correct.
The train ride back to Edinburgh was very pretty as all the hills were covered with snow. I am not sure if there was any snow in Edinburgh, but it is VERY cold here in the flat and I am by myself for a couple of days. I think I am going to need to venture out and enjoy some free heat.
I hope everyone else had a Very Merry Christmas. God bless
posted by Carrie @ 7:20 AM
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