Buon Capodanno!

Buon Capodanno, everyone! (...that means Good New Year's). :)

I pray you're all well! We celebrated in Rome having a progressive dinner at some of our houses. We had appetizers at Amy & Beth Ann's apartment. Then everyone went to a church in Piazza Repubblica to hear an organ concert for free! It was really nice to sit in a church and hear a lovely organ played by an "organ master"!! :) Then, we came back to our house (the STINT girls apartment) for lasagna. I cooked it from scratch and it was the first time in my life I've ever done that! Woo weeee the adventures of cooking on STINT!... haha. :) Then, we went to the STINT guys' apartment for cookies and games. Then, around 11:50pm we went onto the terrace to see the excited Roman people set off fireworks from terraces all around the city! Jimmy even bought some fireworks for us so we could participate, too!!! So fun. :) Check out the pictures to see what happened on the terrace, and HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you back home!!!!!!!!!!! I pray this new year brings us all much joy and closer than ever in knowing God and experiencing His joy every day! :)

Beth Ann, Alyssa, April, and Kendra (a friend of Debbie's!) :) Ready to light their sparkers!

Debbie & Beth Ann :)

Sweet Kerry is PUMPED! Haha :)

Both Brian's (above & below) have some sweet firework tube things! Wooooo!

Alyssa and I :)

Abbey (April's sister!), April, & Amy, sparkling with their sparklers! :)

Sweet Kanda! :)

The firework canister on the left had a big lion's face on it and said "Monarch of the Forest"... Hahaha. :) You can see it below after it was done exploding! :)

Hope everyone had a beautiful New Year's. I can't wait to see what the Lord does in our lives in 2009 to grow and stretch us, as well as reveal Himself to us more and more! I pray it will be a blessed year for tutti! :)