Filipino family

[jimeve]

That was not too bad, my wife Evelyn's family (well some of them) visited us over Christmas, 9 all together. We had a great time, took them up the mountain to swim in the hot springs also we packed a picnic lunch and booked a cottage. Then at night we had a B-B-Q Lechon Turkey, yes another one. I got a 3 cases of red horse for the boys and some Tanduay and some flavored beer for the girls, I drank some Pilsen.

 

The next day we had another visit, a couple of friends from England and their three relatives. We went into town at night (Dumaguete) ended up in a nightclub (WHY-NOT BAR). Watching the pretty girls dancing and the old expats trying their luck with the girls. All in all we had a fantastic Christmas. Good job I have a big house and a guest house. 16 of us altogether.

 

Roll on next Christmas time.

[OnMyWay]

As I wrote about 4 years ago, we are being hosted here in NZ for the holidays.  As before, the family here has been unbelievably generous, so much so that I feel very guilty.

They won't let me pay for anything, and this trip, it is costing one family much more than last trip.  4 years ago, my wife's brother was living here.  He moved to Melbourne about 18 months ago.  So this trip, we are hosted only by my wife's sister.

In addition, they paid for the tickets of two other sisters to fly over for the nephew's wedding.  My BIL from Baguio paid for his own ticket and is also staying here, so we have my family of 5 and those 3 staying here.  8 guests in a small 3 BR house for 26 days!

My wife's sister insisted that our family with the kid's stay in there Master BR and they are sleeping in the garage!  The nephew got married and another niece flew to the Philippines last night, so now there is some more room.

And they were so generous with gifts!  They bought me some really expensive shirts.  The nephew who got married bought me a bluetooth speaker called Wonderboom II that is really nice and cost a lot!  Then the uncle and aunt from Australia bought me a really nice pair of sketchers shoes!

Today we are going out to uncle from Australia's farm.  He sold it to his sister when they moved to Australia.  This same uncle is building a 300 sq meter house 30 minutes outside of Melbourne, so we are thinking about visiting there sometime in the future.

[Mike J]

The wife and I spent a good part of the week with youth having year end Christmas parties.  A lot of time and work but fun and rewarding.  This link is one of the parties.  When my wife visits the USA in 2020 she will share this video and pictures from other events with churches and others who help sponsor our ministry.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=13svj-1YpBxQHYRkRa0mcvIh-K29XRm5W