Listening to Christmas music while making our tree really got us in the Christmas spirit! This year will be very different from Christmases we've known in the past. It has made me think of the reason why I celebrate the season. I know our Christmas in Perigueux will be one we will never forget.
Funny story. Last week was our branch Christmas Activity. They asked us to play the part of Mary and Joseph but Kyle was playing the piano so it would have been impossible (side note, this poor branch didn't have anyone to play the piano before Kyle came along. They would sing a cappella or turn on a CD player with hymns). They couldn't find a couple to play the part and being desperate asked me and Elder Heywood to do it. The funny part was, neither one of us can speak French (or understand it) very well yet so when the members read the Christmas story and we were supposed to act it out, we had no idea what we were doing. It was so hard to keep a straight face! At one point Kyle (sitting behind us at the piano) whispered "you're supposed to look surprised". It took a lot to not burst out with laughter at that point. Then there was baby Jesus--a wad of cloth (they forgot to bring a doll). When the angel handed me baby Jesus, some of the members looked at me and made hand motions like "what happened to baby Jesus?" (they were obviously laughing as hard as I was inside). Here are pictures for proof:
In the end, the program turned out great. We had a lot of less active and non-members show up so that made it worth it!
To end my post I just wanted to show pictures of downtown Perigueux decked out for the Holidays. It's very beautiful here! We live five minutes from where these pictures were taken, we are so lucky.
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