Nursing Home Visit

Giving out cards and gifts
Hanna, Micca and Yonah talking with one of the residents
Lisa sharing a gift. I later saw this lady crying and saying thank you to one of our leaders.
Melvin sharing a gift
This lady was so sweet, she was just smiling the whole time
One of the nurses came over and said merry christmas and gave this man a puppy. He started tearing up and was speechless.
Christa and Jayden saying hello
Part of the wonderful choir
All the children singing

Today during church we took the children to a nursing home near by to sing the residents some songs and give them cards and a small gift. It was amazing. The kids sang wonderfully and they were so good at talking to the people who lived there. I loved watching the residents eyes light up when they saw the children so many of them just kept saying "thank you, thank you" and I even saw a few tears. It was so great to see how the children blessed those people. I was a bit nervous about some of the children who had not enjoyed singing in the practices and had been saying that they didn't even want to go. Once we got there though they really suprised me. I think once they saw the residents they realized that this had nothing to do with them and everything to do with blessing those people. You can really see God through these children and it amazes me every time I am with them. So far this has been the highlight of my Christmas experience in Perth.

Christmas Time

Jayden and Aleesa sharing a candle
Jer and I
Mez and I
The group and our picnic (minus Jer and I)

Well it sure doesn't feel like Christmas here in Perth. It's 30c + sunny almost everyday. Really nice but so weird to have a Christmas. I have been trying to do some Christmasy things like making cookies and such but it's not really helping. We went to a carols night at a park here in Perth. It's something that they do a lot here. They have bands and choirs set up at a park and you go for the evening and listen. We set up a picnic and had a great time with our friends. Jeremy and I are also apart of our church's Christmas Eve production. We are both in a short play. I am the narrator and Jeremy plays a christmas tree. It's pretty funny. I have worked everyday this week because Meredith and I are making the set and costumes for the play as well. So it's been a busy week. Well that's all that's going on with us here. It's a busy season even when you aren't buying gifts and seeing family, but it's fun!

Skating

We had our friends Kyle visiting with us for 2 weeks. He and Jer spent a lot of time surfing and skating. They asked me to take some photos of them one day. It was lots of fun. Here are a few of them.

Photos With Friends

The girls (Pip, Mez, Lisa, Merinda, Tegan, Christa, Ning and Me)

The guys (Jer, Rohan, Dave, Timon, Dean, Robo, Graham, Ronnie and Han)
Lisa, Me, Christa and Ning. Christa was really embarrassed because we were up on the stairs where everyone could see us.
Jeremy, Lisa and I

I realized that we haven't really put any photos of any of our friends from Perth on this blog so I thought I would put a few. These are from our friends Josh and Megan's wedding a couple weeks ago.  We have great friends here and we sure are going to miss them when we leave (which by the way is in only 34 days).