Here's how we rode to the Rosignol Branch's Christmas party. Notice we're carrying a lot of the food for the party...to the party! No, it's not Rudolph and Santa's sleigh...but rather it is Andrew's donkey cart. The donkeys knew the way and did their job.Baby looks like he is used to riding the cart.
After the party, one of these little donkeys pulled us on the cart the two miles through town to the stelling where we waited to catch the ferry.
On Christmas eve, we rode a horsecart similar to this one through our town, New Amsterdam, in the pouring rain with our 4 New Amsterdam missionaries and some of the branch members. The 18 of us were barely clinging to the not-quite-large-enough horsecart. We sang Christmas carols for 1 1/2 hours until we were all completely soaked...and hoarse.
At two of the parties we put on the Nativity with the primary children. Here we are practicing for the New Amsterdam party. "Joseph,", I said, "You must put your arm around Mary and take good care of her!"
Three crazy shepherds. Check out all those white teeth!
The innkeeper and his little friend. He looks like a little angel but I assure you he acts like a little devil in primary.
The wisemen. Do they look handsome or what?
Here's the real performance at the New Amsterdam branch party.
The program went on for more than 2 hours with skits. Here's a look at who attended:
There were nearly 200 people crammed in this small chapel. You can see about half the people in each of the 2 photos shown here.
Notice there are lots of people sitting two to a chair or on someone's lap.
There's a tradition at the New Amsterdam Christmas party that several of the sisters model traditional Indian dresses. Someone brought this outfit for me and insisted I model it. I was trying to look sultry in this photo. Did I succeed?
On the way to the Bushlot branch Christmas party we stopped to give a wheelchair to this little boy that was damaged at birth and cannot walk.
We drove to Georgetown for the night to attend the farewell dinner party for Elder and Sister Tanner, who have been serving as humanitarian missionaries. These are all the couples that serve in Guyana.
Notice there are lots of people sitting two to a chair or on someone's lap.
There's a tradition at the New Amsterdam Christmas party that several of the sisters model traditional Indian dresses. Someone brought this outfit for me and insisted I model it. I was trying to look sultry in this photo. Did I succeed?
On the way to the Bushlot branch Christmas party we stopped to give a wheelchair to this little boy that was damaged at birth and cannot walk.At first, he cried when he was placed in the chair, but his mom was able to calm him down for these photos.
He's with his mom and brother, along with Elders Duncan and Coronado and Sister Larsen.
The church will give out wheelchairs to those who need them, even if they are not members of our church.
At the Bushlot party, there was a lot of cross dressing done in this skit. These 3 men definitely didn't make a pretty sight dressed up as girls!
We drove to Georgetown for the night to attend the farewell dinner party for Elder and Sister Tanner, who have been serving as humanitarian missionaries. These are all the couples that serve in Guyana.
We ate at a buffet at the fanciest restaurant in Georgetown, the Pegasus. I just couldn't seem to get my fill...it had been so long since I'd had any good food other than what I've cooked myself!
The Tanners flew home to Utah the next day and we traveled back to the little town, New Amsterdam, where we live in Guyana.
We have 13 months left in Guyana It will be wonderful to be home with our family, again. But, but I know we will be soooo sad to leave all our Guyanese friends whom we have grown to love here.
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Sister Bullock,
There are the missionaries I know from my hometown. Brother and Sister Whitehead. What a super neat picture to see!
Your posts are wonderful!
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