Christmas 2005

It doesn't take much of an excuse for us to head back to Prague! And so with Jayne back, and some of her best friends in Prague for Christmas, and some of our dear friends there too, we made the 750 km trip back there, one last time? Maybe. It was great to see the old familiar sights again, and to enjoy the experiences which remind us so much of our two years there.

Kandern was also very beautiful this time, due to an unexpected snowfall, and this is the town we have come to call home and love as our own!

Christmas - the ghosts of the many we've enjoyed in the past, the reality of the one we are presently enjoying, and the unknown future ones - sometimes shadowy and scary - the verse that comes to mind is this: "I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I've committed unto Him against that day."

Christmas with Jayne

November 30 was to have brought Jayne to us for a month at Christmas. When she arrived in Montreal via Air Canada on a ticket purchased from Expedia to board her leg to London via British Airways, she was in for an unpleasant surprise...they refused to board her claiming she was late for the flight. (She was not late - Air Canada had delivered her on time.) So that meant a 24 hour wait in Montreal overnight, and a $250 penalty which she had to pay on the spot.

Well - she did get here, and now we are in a celebratory mood as we look forward to the month of December! (Later, she did get her $250 back, plus a credit of $250 to fly BA again. Might never take them up on that one though!)

The hardest part of living overseas is the little you see of your children once they are on their own. Without the conviction that we are where God has clearly led and placed us, this would be the time to cut and run!