Tonight we walked to the park and Kim shed his jacket it was so warm. I'm not gonna lie. I don't miss the snow. When I was a young child, we moved from Utah to California. I remember praying it would snow for Christmas. Those days are gone.
Ice Skating Rink
We were surprised when we saw that there was an ice skating rink at the park. They are wearing jackets because they are Greek and they don't know what cold is.
Christmas Activities
We enjoyed walking around the park and seeing things being set up. The Greek don't open presents until the 7th of Jan. so they are just beginning to look a lot like Christmas. There is a trampoline park, a Flintstone train and darling decorations.
Today we had some very wonderful visitors. Usually we go downtown Athens to meet with NGO's. When we went to Lesvos, we met someone that was a dentist and quit to help the refugees. He wanted to visit with our friend from Cameroon that was a refugee before they formed their NGO. He fled from Africa when war broke out. He was a business student at the university. Now they try to help at a refugee camp and in Athens. I have been so impressed. They are wonderful. I fixed pizza with bacon for them, forgetting that they are Muslim and don't eat pork. They were very gracious. They ate salad. I can't tell you how good they are.
I don't know if I should post their pictures because I didn't ask them. Sorry.
Here is a very interesting Christmas light display that always makes me laugh.
It was our Athens mission Christmas party and we were so excited to have our mission leaders with us.
We did an activity that was really nice for Christmas. We were in groups and given one person/ group to look up in the scriptures and learn about. Sister Burdon started with Mary and had numbers that she held up for us to guess how the number related to Mary such as 12 was the age she was when betroved. We had the shepherds. There was Simon and Anna and Elizabeth.
In the pictures, the missionaries were cutting flour as close to the coin without it falling into the flour and the dice game with candy bar. I have struggled with making dinner for anyone and am very grateful that Sister Reidhead is happy to plan and organize. Just like putting bacon on a pizza.
We had a meeting downtown Athens. It was bright and beautiful...almost as nice as temple square but not really. I'm not gonna lie. We decorated our balcony with blue lights just like at home. Lastly, we got new missionaries in Greece! This is their first metro ride. We are still praying for our Macedonia missionaries to have their visas come through. The new missionaries are so good with Greek and come from France, Finland, Netherlands, England, United States and beloved Pleasant Grove in Ootah. That is how they say it in Greek.
What would you order if you were here?
Look at the grin on Kim. These are three very good men. We are blessed to know their stories and feel their goodness.
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