The good, the bad and being cold...

So again I know its been awhile since my last post.  I apologize.  These past few weeks have been kind of busy because of Christmas coming up.  For the Christmas season we have been putting on a lot of events for the youth and community.  This past weekend is a prime example, on Saturday we took about 30 youth to go ice skating (thankfully some parents came as well).  I being the "sporty" one was asked to be on the ice with the kids, gladly I accepted.  Although I didn't fall I soon figured out the skates given to us by the place we were at were absolute crap, and have the bruises on my ankles to show for it.  Thankfully, there were no major injuries to the kids.  One of the mothers that came got here foot stepped on by a man wearing skates, she ended up with a nasty bruise and sprained ligaments, but nothing too serious.  Overall it was a fun evening.

The next night, on Sunday, we had a community Christmas dinner, where we invited families from the community to Urban Junction to enjoy a meal together.  We ended up having around 80 people show up, it was a great time to get to know people and learn more about them.

Last week I also had the chance to go with my housemate Emma to here hometown of Kilkenny and stay with her family.  She was having a fundraiser dinner for a mission trip she is taking to India at the end of this month.  I got to meet some of her extended family (she has more cousins than I do, which is pretty impressive) and help with the preparations.  Its always nice to get a free hot meal (or two).

One thing that is not so enjoyable has been how cold its gotten in the past few weeks.  Grant it, its always been cold, but the temperature has decreased quite a bit since I first arrived.  What doesn't help matters is that the heating in my house is broken, so while we have space heaters for our rooms, we can't keep them on all day (they use a lot of electricity) or night.  I knew it was bad when i could see my breath while sitting in the living room the other day.  Ah well, it should be fixed today, but who knows.  Thank you for all you love and support.  I really appreciate it.