Still here…nearly Christmas!
Dear all,
We have neglected to give any news over the last few months for which we are sorry. We don’t feel like we have done very much to tell you about.
We had the grannies (Loraine and Ouma) staying with us back in November for about 4 weeks. It was great to see them..it seems so long ago now.
We finished school yesterday which is an immense relief. We all worked hard helping Jacob to learn to locate all 58 countries in Africa on a map and name their capitals! (you try it).
You can see that we are starting to relax here and the Christmas stockings went up about half an hour ago. Esther and Mollie finished making them this evening. They are certainly spacious and rather daunting to fill. We will have to stuff newspaper in the bottom I think, or use sawdust for a kind of lucky dip kind of effect.
Anyway, we have enjoyed a lovely glass of port, many thanks to Loraine as it was a Christmas present that I just could not wait for (see - I told you I was glad that she came).
It is 10.30 and we are waiting for Jacob to come back from a friend’s house (Paige) where he is watching a movie/film. This is really the start of a new era now we are waiting up for him to come in and he is not even officially a teenager. Hmm.
Well, we will try to report again much sooner with photos, but will sign off now.
With much love,
Andrew and Esther XX
December 17th, 2005 at 17:04
Andrew & Esther, What delightful pictures, makes us miss you all even more! Heather and I wish you a very Happy Christmas xx
December 17th, 2005 at 19:17
Hi Esther & Andrew,
Lovely to see your Christmas blog. Great stockings! Will send ours soon.
Met the Wongs at Gatwick this morning. Lovely to see them. They’ve gone to parents today but will be down at the Christmas Special tomorrow evening. I’m just going to make the children’s beds ready now.
Will look out for you on Skype this week.
Bye for now
Lots of love
Jenny et al
December 17th, 2005 at 21:00
Ah - you still exist!
Was wondering where you had got too? Whether the Mekong river giant catfish (http://www.scienceblog.com/catfish.html?q=node/8320) had got you
Glad to hear you are well and still enduring the tough life as a missionary…
Adrian
December 19th, 2005 at 10:36
Hi Guys
You look great …………….. Even Andy haha ha, Miss you all. Hope you have a great Christmas give the kids big hugs and kisses from me.
All my Love
Manda Panda
December 20th, 2005 at 12:23
Thanks for this. Great to hear from you and see your pics. Tony and I send our love and wish you all a very happy Christmas.