For several years now, I have done some MAJOR Christmas baking. I usually make goodie bags for all the people that Rai works with, and then to our friends. Last year was my biggest year yet...I made TONS of goodie bags, full of TONS of different goodies!! And I had an amazing kitchen to do it in!
Fast forward to this year...fewer people to bake for (because we don't know very many people), and a MUCH smaller kitchen to work in....and limited resources at the commissary!! It definitely made the process more challenging, and for some reason nothing turned out quite as well...but after about 2 1/2 full days in the kitchen we ended up with lots of goodies!
We even delivered goodie bags to our German neighbors. It was very cute to see their reactions...they were shocked, amazed, and didn't know what to say to almost strangers bringing them a bag full of baked goods for Christmas!! We did discover that a few of them speak VERY good English...so that is good to know!! We know who to go to for translation help now!! : )
Christmas definitely feels different this year. We are missing our families, missing our friends, missing "home", missing Chick-Fil-A (oops, did I put that in writing?).
But one thing remains the same, and just as good as ever...we are celebrating the birth of our savior...whose birth changed our eternity...and we will be forever grateful for that...no matter what our circumstances happen to be!!
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