Joyeux Noel

I love Christmas. And I was a little curious to see how spending Christmas in Africa would be. I really missed the cold weather, but other than that it was pretty darn festive. We felt SO loved by friends & family back in America and we really enjoyed our time with friends & family here in Africa. Abby, Sarah, and I woke up Christmas morning and started it off with delicious hot beverages. Then we opened all the presents under our tree...and there were tons from parents, churches, and friends back in America! We had agreed on a 10,000cfa limit (about $20) for presents for each other and we had so much fun picking stuff out for each other and trying to be sneaky about it...which is pretty difficult when you spend 24 hours a day with a person. Then we got dressed and loaded up our food to go to the Thompson's house. We also loaded up a bunch of presents that a church had sent for all of the personnel who would be here on Christmas day. At the Thompson's we ate, opened presents, and had a good ol' time. Then the 3 of us went to Nafi's and exchanged presents with her and Rita. Then the 3 of us came home, put on our pajamas, got in the big bed, watched Glee...and...since it was Christmas...we even turned the air conditioner on...watch out.