Celebration Moldova Style

ME AND MOŞ CRACIUN
Watch where you're putting those hands, hey?

I have officially celebrated my first Holiday Season here in Moldova. It started on December 23rd and lasted straight through January 9th. I reported to work a bit in between, but very little has been going on. I guess there is one more New Year to celebrate on January 14th but for the most part it is finally finished!

On the actual American Christmas I got together with a bunch of other Americans and first went to a baptist church. I cried in church during one the hymns...it was so good to be there even if everything was in Romanian... after the service we ate wonderful food with the church members... Here is a pix of the kids singing in front of the church.

And a picture with the lady who invited us...

Our Christmas dinner had quite the international fare! We had fun shopping for ingredients and preparing our dinner together! We ate deviled eggs, tacos (with shredded cabbage) because they don't have lettuce here... chicken quesadillas with home made salsa... (thanks, dad for the spices!) Italian bruschetta, (with sheep cheese of course), macaroni and cheese, Japanese fried rice, BANANA BREAD and Homemade hot fudge covered brownies and ice cream!!! After dinner we watched Christmas Vacation.

Ryan noticed right before dinner that it began to snow - so we ran out for a snapshot and a good thing, because it didn't snow long... Georgians and Floridians alike had a "white" Christmas!

I promise to write more later... I will be in training from January 14th - 21st