New Years Eve

This is Carolyn's vriendin (girlfriend) that lives in our flat. She was a little cool towards us until Sister Everton asked her for help with her plants. She has become a wonderful friend. She gave us potted bulbs for Christmas. We gave her a Santa Clause. On New Year’s Eve morning, she brought a shopping bag with all sorts of cookies, snacks, chocolate milk and cider drink. The missionaries have to be in their apartments by 4 pm on New Year's Eve due to the craziness. We got permission for the Sisters to come for dinner with us. After dinner we visited our vriendin to thank her for the gifts.

After the we drove the Sisters home, Desi and I worked on a puzzle and listened to the explosions out side. The explosions (huge cherry bombs and M-80s) had been going on all week but now it sounded like a war zone.

This video gives you an idea what happened at midnight. The fireworks in the video are maybe a 1/4 mile. These are all fireworks purchased and lighted by individuals.

This is the view our our back balcony. We watched the show from our flat (we are on the top floor) for about 1.5 hours. It went on for another 2 hours at least. It was amazing.