School starts in January here. This is Eliza with her friend Mabula on their first day of kindergarten.

Of course, I had to see one last snake at the old house before I left. This is the smallest snake I have ever seen, smaller than a key.

I moved into a new house when I got home. It involved a bit of cleaning. But of course, I wore the cleaning uniform--including eye and breathing protection.

This is one way you can tell I have just come home from the States...Yes, those are ziplock bags.

It just kept coming down until we thought we were going to be snowed in.

Also during my visit I was able to spend some time in the snow.

Here are the Greeters Extraordinaire who get you started on this journey through the life of Christ.

And the reason for His death.

It continues to the death of Christ on the cross.

Our story begins before Christ was born with Gabriel's visit to Mary.

While in the States in December, I worked on the Living Nativity team. Living Nativity is a drive-thru of 9 Biblical scenes which follow an audio recording of the story line. This year's theme was CSI Charlie investigating the clues to the meaning and purpose of Christmas.