We have had a great holiday season here in Manitoba - in spite of the weather which has dipped below -30 a few nights and mornings. It was wonderful to all be at home with the presents around the tree Christmas morning. Seth and Jonah and even Garry have gotten to milk in the new barn since the parlor was up and running a couple weeks before we came home.
We got to celebrate Garry's 53rd birthday and my 51st with a full complement of candles, kids and grandkids, which was a lot of fun. My cake on the 26th had some problems- we decided on a disaster theme- even before the tall candles started bending over.
We also got to attend the choir Christmas eve program which was beautifully done at Emmanuel with all new songs except O Holy Night.
This Wednesday January 6th we will be talking about our mission with the prayer committee at church (7pm) Our visas applications are ready to mail off to Ottawa for processing. We are planning to be back in Ukraine before the end of January as the electric was hooked up Christmas Day, so we will have heat- just waiting for the visas (takes two maybe three weeks)
Garry plans to play some more Winnipeg mens league basketball with the five older boys. There's a game Monday night, sadly they lost two days before Christmas, but Garry got a few buckets, and I got some photos. That's Luke standing, Noah, Micah, Matt and Josh on the bench with Garry leaning in during a timeout (the only non-Verhoog is hidden behind him).
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