Monday, December 27, 2010

Christmas in Hawaii

 Our second Christmas on our mission, while not surrounded by immediate family members, was surrounded by our mission family.  We spent hours setting up the Visitors' Center with 17 Christmas trees, each decorated by our missionaries or by one of the stakes on Oahu.  Here's a couple:
























Decorations for our home were not quite so exotic, as you can see from these pictures.

 



On Christmas Eve all our missionaries, including the four Elders in the Zone, met at the Eubank's for a white-elephant gift exchange game and refreshments and then we went back to the VC to watch two movies, "The Stone Cutter" and "John Tanner."
Christmas morning the four senior couples made breakfast for everyone...french toast, OJ, fruit, bacon...here's a picture of the four senior elders cooking the french toast.