We spent New Year's Eve with our stake. Instead of a youth celebration which most stakes and wards do, our stake does a bonfire out in the Everglades. The reason there is no youth dance is because a lot of our youth are Latino’s and are committed to their families for activities on this night.
It was fun to just visit. Everyone is so friendly and so glad we're here to build the temple! We took our camp chairs and a couple of packages of hotdogs and a couple of bags of chips and some water, just visited and swatted mosquitoes until some kind soul gave me some bug spray. Not only was there a huge bonfire, but someone brought their dried up Christmas trees and fireworks. Man those trees really torch up! There are no worries about setting anything on fire. It is so damp here that the sparks are extinguished as soon as they hit the ground. I touched the paper towels on the picnic table and they were pretty damp.
At midnight we had quite a fireworks display! It was a wonderful way to begin the new year and so wonderful to feel so welcome into our new life!
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