Christmas in Peru-Feliz Navidad

Christmas tree on the way to the office--Notice "Merry Christmas"

Flores and Carpentier- ate Christmas dinner at their home--Fresh fruit salad topped with yogurt and granola

Landlords-Jorge & Teri--Look at their talking Santa Collection-(they live right below us)

Christmas caroling with the Senior missionaries in our neighborhood (Sunburned after a short time!)

Christmas eve dinner with the Vasquez family--great food-even a turkey with potato salad

Waiting outside the gate to get in to church on Christmas morning--we forgot the time changed!

Christmas breakfast with the ward after church--turkey sandwich, cupcake and "nasty herbal drink"

Santa found us even in Peru

Singing at the MTC

Our skinny little tree

Elder Godoy (First Quorum of Seventy) invited us to his home for a Christmas Party with the Records

Raul attached himself to Doug at the orphanage--even singing Christmas carols with us

Service project for orphans and abused women--gifts and food for all

We enjoyed everything about Christmas except the HEAT!  We spent time with friends from the ward, eating Peruvian food, singing Christmas carols, participating in the "Light the World" campaign among other things.  We missed family and friends back home, but we got to talk to all our children and all but two of our 30 grandchildren on Christmas day!

Merry Christmas to all and "God bless us everyone"!