Madeira is known for decorating elaborately for Christmas.
Every street downtown Funchal is decorated with different themes.
Kaija shaking hands with a live statue. The difference between CA and Funchal is that our streets only had one.
The manger sceen is the biggest part of the Christmas decoration here. Every house has a manger sceen but may or maynot have a Christmas tree. This is the biggest one in the heart of Funchal.
Enjoying the Christmas spirit in downtown Funchal.
The kids enjoying the little but long train in Funchal.
The kids getting into the Christmas spirit.
Andrea making Peppernuts with the kids....a family tradition.
Our good friend Sofia enjoying Adelei on New Years Eve.
Kris hanging out with our good friends New Years Eve.
One more year has gone and our kids are now 6,4 and 2. We had a wonderful but rainy Christmas and then we rang in the New Year with our adopted Madeiran family...the fireworks were amazing as usual. God was good to give us with one day of clear skies, since we have had lots and lots of rain and wind lately. This year's family resolution is to become prayer warriors for God and learn to develop our resurrection hope through concrete and personal visualization of life in the future kingdom. We all are committed to growing in spiritual maturity (not so sure if Adelei is ready yet) because we know that one day we will reign with Christ and judge angels (God says so - not us). Sometimes we forget about the 1000 year reign of Christ and our role in that epoch of history, and yet our historical examples of Jesus-followers had their hearts and eyes firmly fixed on their future reign with Christ in glory... This is the secret to defeating materlialism and its grip on our lives in this consumer age...
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