So so much has happened

Our trip to the girls home was exciting. I felt that jump inside me of anticipation and before we left I had already moved in in my heart.

There has been so much happening and so many things slotting into place. There are a lot of i's that are not quite dotted but feel very close to it. We are waiting to have meetings with people to find out some definite's. Things like the possibility of moving down to the girls home and school to oversee it, sorting out accommodation and where we will be living when we get back from NZ. Will we be moving straight away to the girls home or will there be time in between? Also business prospects that are not yet set in stone but could be huge for us, meetings need to happen to how this will fit in with the girls home. Will David be commuting? What visa do we apply for to come back to India? All these things are slowly falling into place and it is all happening suddenly, sounds like a contradiction but it's how it feels.

On a different note, we had a wonderful Christmas. We skyped family and then had our own celebration. It was the first time I have cooked a full Christmas meal. Usually we are getting together with extended family and everyone pitches in but it was really nice to just be us. It was relaxed and casual and just what we needed at the moment. We splashed out and roasted 3 chickens. I managed to get the all in our microwave sized convection oven and they came our delicious. It was great to have the smell of a roasting chicken fill the house. It's not a smell we have much around this place anymore. I even managed to find strawberries so we had ice cream and strawberries and papaya  for pudding.
We had a couple of guys we had met at the beginning of the week pop in so they shared pudding with us. They are from Yemen, Muslim fellows, it was great to share Christmas with them. They even arrived back in the evening with gifts for all the kids.

My highlight  though was that in the evening we bought packets of veg fried rice and we roamed the streets and shared a merry Christmas with the street dwellers. I'm not sure who was happier. The joy we got from giving was huge and the joy they showed was just as heart warming. Great screams of delight came from them as they woke up those who were sleeping in excitement and exclaiming  "Food, food, happy Christmas food." We also threw in some treats of chips, lollies and biscuits. To see such joy and appreciation was something immeasurable to us.

I also managed to top off the evening as we walked home that night by falling down a hole. I am still sporting the bruises to prove it. Felt more of a twit that anything, one minute I am walking upright and the next second I am face to face with the pavement trying to be a brave girl. Ouch though.... it really hurt.

So now we are having to be patient. There is nothing we can do to hurry along the things that need to happen. It is all totally out of our control. Sometimes this is a bit overwhelming but at the same time it is exciting to once again be waiting to see what God has up his sleeve.