Christmas is over.

We lit all five candles in our advent wreath on Christmas Eve, and then went to church. Our associate pastor talked about the wise men and how their display of faith was probably one of the greatest in the Bible. They actually followed a star--a STAR!! How many people would leave their country because of a star?!--and followed it all the way to a tiny town to kneel before a little baby. Ever wondered if you, in their place, would have done that?

Okay, now on to gifts.

All of my presents were given with love, so I can't choose a favorite. One pair of grandparents gave me (among other things) a laptop! I have been dreaming of one for a loooong while.

Then my mom gave me a Celtic Tinwhistle in the key of D! I can play it very well already! If blogger cooperates (it's been giving me trouble with videos lately) I can show you a video of me playing. You also might finally get a glimpe of my face.

Then my grandma gave me a new camera! One step up from the first one.

Erestor gave me a Bionicle--Mata Nui, to be exact.

And there was COFFEE SOAP!!!! This is from my friend at church. Since she appears on my blog so much, I'll give her a name. Now she will be called...Herenya. Okay, so Herenya gave me a bunch of things, but among those was coffee soap.

Those were just a few things among so many others, and thank you very much for all of them! (if you happen to read my blog, grandparents and relatives and Herenya!)

Soon I'll maybe show you a really cool picture of the advent wreath that I got.

Oh, also, and I have two prayer praises.

One, we had relatives over last night that kind of...well, you know relatives. But thankfully everyone was really nice! We actually had some very good talks about Christianity.

Two, Dad is doing really well! He didn't seem very exhausted last night, although he's sleeping in today. This is kind of a prayer request mixed in: he has ten pounds to gain, and he's going to have a PET scan on the 1st of January. PLEASE pray that there's no more cancer.

So Merry Christmas, y'all!

Izori