Heilige Abend and Christmas Morning
We can't believe that we pulled it off, but we had Christmas in Germany! I really didn't know if we were going to make it to this point. On Christmas Eve day, we went to church and participated in the program. Rob and I both sang in the choir, and Rob had a solo and gave a talk. It was a great talk, like Garrison Keillor's about all the adventures that baby Jesus goes on from the creche, and how he got lost for several years from the McFarland family, and then his niece Jessie found the baby Jesus because of her child's eye view. It was well-received, but we established beyond a doubt that our children are not ready to go parent-free in Sacrament Meeting. The ward made a big fuss over us since it was our last week here, and you know they are sincere, because we're taking one of the only families and a third of the Primary with us on that plane! And we heard The Longest Prayer In The History Of The World. Ever. I kept thinking "I didn't understand and she