Thursday, December 24, 2009

But don't open it 'till after midnight

This is our Christmas Eve schedule:

  • Assist in arranging a huge food hamper to be dropped off for a very needy family
  • Assist in transporting a load of goodies to the mission for a kid's concert at 2:00
  • Help run the concert (the awesome youth are doing a puppet skit... I'll be sure to tape it for you)
  • Help clean up, then set up for the church service at 5:00.
  • Pick up a family with a wheel-chair bound son using the mission's van (otherwise they simply cannot physically make it to the mission)
  • Be Maria (Mary) and Jose (Joseph) in the Nativity story (I thought we would do better as white sheep, but nominations are nominations)
  • Drive the family, mentioned above, home
  • Catch the bus back to our place and join the neighbors (our Costa Rica family) in celebration of Freedom, with great food, singing, and dancing.
  • Take part in the gift exchange (we drew names last week). But this cannot be done until after midnight!
  • Be in our houses soon after, for tonight is the most dangerous night for having your house broken into.

What's your plans???? Let us know in the comment section below, or simply leave us a 'hi'. Comments are very encouraging for us... They let us know that people are indeed reading this blog (and you all haven't forgotten about us ;)

Merry Christmas, brothers and sisters!!

6 comments:

jat said...

Have a wonderful Christmas, C!

Tiffany said...

Hey Tom & Candice!!

Totally thinking about you guys today - and don't worry, even if I don't always comment, I never miss a post!

Sounds like a fun, but somewhat busy and probably tiring Christmas eve!

Hope you guys have a great Christmas!

tammy said...

the Christmas Eve Service at LEC was a blast... loved it... so nice with only candles... then our usual french canadian Christmas eve at my brothers... Ben and Amanda joined us... it was fun... and relaxing... and then 4 am back home... clean from cookie baking and wrapping till 6:30 am then up at 10 am for the christmas stoking family thing with Jessie and Aaron... and a coffee (of course)... then over to findlays... and we spent a bit of time with Jessie at her seniors residence just chatting a bit in the afternoon then back to findlays for supper... then today we chilaxed!!!! :)... and we are missing you... and thinking of you...
now catching up with some work and emails and YOU xoxox
so that was our Christmas...
how did yours go... can't wait to see the vid of the puppet show.
tammy

Candice said...

Tammy! Thanks for sharing. So nice to hear about what's going on in Canada.

Thank you JAT and Tiff, too! So encouraging to get comments.

Anonymous said...

Great to read you blogs and keep abreast of some of your happenings. Dave just said - Wonder what they do in their "spare time" Ha! Ha! - don't think you have any.

Keep praying for you both that God would guide you and minister to you in ways that only He can. Pray His plans and purposes for you on this mission would be accomplished.

Love you. Jane and Dave

Bob said...

Sounds like a busy Christmas schedule. My thoughts are very often with you - how could I ever forget the awesome time with you! We have Manuela and Tanja with their family here and they all enjoyed the pics and stories. With love, Bob