He said he enjoyed roast duck for Christmas dinner and seems to be having a wonderful time. By the time we were getting off the phone around 2:00, he said the family was going to bed. They are nine hours ahead over there. I reminded him to be helpful and clean up after himself, and he told me not to worry about it, her parents said he was "diligent"! He told me the German word but I fail to recall it.
He told us he met a Knox from Oregon who knew Doug. When Craig spotted him entering the Amsterdam YWAM wearing an Oregon sweatshirt, he had to introduce himself and they got to talking. When he told Craig he had a Mennonite background, Craig exclaimed that he was half Mennonite! (His father has said many times that Mennonite is a race!) It is Victor Knox's son, who married a Dutch girl and is in a band which practices at the YWAM base. Such a small world!
After dinner was cleaned up, it was time for some games. Mad Lib and Guesstures are always good for some laughs!
I believe Nick was illustrating "shotgun", which Duane correctly guessed.
It didn't take us too long to figure out that the word for Will was "intelligent". He is a somewhat reluctant game player but plays along to make us happy. He told Anthony, Venisa's friend, who was also reluctant, that the one thing Mennonites are most pushy about is making people play games.
We all failed to guess that Doug was trying to demonstrate "ice cream". That was a tough one!
Another Christmas day is over. I'm so thankful for Jesus and the joy he has brought to this earth.
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I believe that Knox was Terry and he's been there for quite some time. I'm pretty sure we're related as well, which should thrill Craig since he'll be able to play the Mennonite game of "How are we related?". :) Such a small world!
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