Hello! Hello!
So, it's the day after Christmas and I know many of you would like to know what exactly my Christmas looked like. Well, I'll tell you!
About two weeks back I got a package from my family with presents and letters for me that just made my month... even more importantly, it had the presents I requested for the boys! :]
They included socks, candy, and an individual present specifically picked out for each boy.
So, the days went by after that, pretty standard, until the 23rd. I had already given them the socks but had some left over and seeing that I have to show indifference and couldn't just give out the remaining pairs leaving some with less than others, I came up with a grand idea. Stockings! I decorated the left over socks and put a Reese's cup, a bracelet (I brought with me), and a letter I wrote for each of them. They thought the tradition was odd... I mean, who wouldn't have? I was hanging decorated socks on their wall with candy in them... I even think it's odd. But they didn't mind as they reached in and found their little treasures. Good times.
The next day, Christmas Eve, was full of fun. Just a good day all around. But the entire day was blotted out by the gift giving at the end of the day. Typically, the boys just get gifts from Blessy and Veer, which is one new pair of clothes. But they each had two presents to open this year [: Stuffed animals, puzzle books, a football, aviators, and joy filled the room! All kinds of gifts! Then I surprised Blessy and Veer with a little cross I had brought with me to give them. But, they too surprised me with a present. They gave me this beautiful picture frame with an even more beautiful picture inside it with me, Veer, and the boys. One of my favorite gifts of all time! BUT, the presents weren't over for the boys!
Christmas Day... They boys were all in their brand new clothes they had picked out. We had a church service. Then we did impersonations of each other... my impersonation of Veer had the boys hootin' and hollerin'! Then Wilson (a very tall friend of ours who was visiting for Christmas) gave all the boys their THIRD gift! More NEW clothes (which is nice cause many/most of their clothes are used***)! After that countless of dear friends and family came to our school to celebrate with us. We sang, danced, ate massive amounts of food, and set off fireworks!! That was a blast. Did you like that unintended pun? Cause I didn't. Anywho, it was a ton of fun! Loved talking to Luvson (pronounced Louewvson... in other words, it's harder to say than it appears) who is kinda the only real friend I have... Not counting my new family, of course! So Christmas was good. The boys definitely loved it. I'm very happy for them.
Anyway, the day after tomorrow (the 27th) Veer, Jeremiah, and I are headed to Delhi to picked up the Faith team at the airport. We'll get back to Beawar on the 29th. There's probably only gonna be one more blog before I am home. Yup, bittersweet. Tears are in the near future.
Love you all, can't wait to see you guys in person!
Merry Christmas (yeah, I know it's not Christmas anymore but get over it)
***At the beginning of November the boys were all receiving their winter clothes from Veer and Blessy. Jeremiah asked for a Faith (my high school) shirt. He was going crazy over wanting this used shirt (a girl's shirt keep in mind) that most of the students at Faith, myself included, dislike/don't care about our school shirts, which is why someone donated the Faith shirt to Veer in the first place haha. One man's trash, is another 9 yr old boy's treasure! Makes me thankful for my clothes for sure!
