New Years Eve

Had a fun day preparing food and games as the Y.S.A. from both branches came over in the early afternoon. There was about 25 of them. We played (how to measure some one for a coffin) and other games we always played at home. They had so much fun! We had fun watching and listening to them laugh. We have a great bunch of Y.S.A. here. They are our Future leaders of the Church here and they will be great. They left at about six O'clock; then the four missionaries who live by us came over and had supper and played Canadian Salad. They loved it! They weren't allowed to work after 6 p.m. as the Filipinos  celebrate New Years Eve like you've never seen before. We went to bed around 10:30 and were woke up by the sounds of Torpedo's so it sounded like. Thought we were dreaming and we were at Pearl Harbor . You wouldn't believe all the explosions all over.(Fireworks) We now understand why the missionaries aren't allowed to go out past 6 p.m. It really is dangerous,700 people were injured and 12 dead, so sad what a way to bring in the New Year. But we had a fun day and evening. If we were home John would have been fixing the Skidoo and I would have been making scones (ha ha) memories. I think Kasey Gulbranson holds the record for eating the most scones ever. Twenty some I think! John and I both miss the seasons and wished we had a little snow to roll in here. We live in a Sauna every day just wished we had Emil's trough of cold water to jump into. Happy New Year to all of you! We love you and wish you all a great Year. We have every thing to look forward to as we have the gospel of Jesus Christ in our lives.