Is it really December? Are We There Yet?

This seems like it has been the longest two weeks in my life.  We are headed home for Christmas on December 20th and I think time has stopped, or maybe it has just melted and died down here in Brazil.  Y'all it is so hot!  I think it seems way hotter for a multitude of reasons, but mainly because there isn't central air in our apartment. Let's just say I love me some fans.

The hot finger

For some odd reason I don't think I would be as hot if this was happening during "my summer" (June-August), but the whole warm in December thing is throwing me off, it doesn't feel like Christmas is gonna be happening anytime soon.  But alas, I guess the world doesn't revolve around me and our seasons will continue to change as we do this international gig with each post.  Please don't misunderstand this as complaining.  I would much rather be sitting in a hotbox than freezing my bum off in the cold weather from China.  It just feels a little weird to me.

Not only am I super ready to get home, this being Jess and my first "Married" Christmas together makes it even more stellar. It suddenly hit me that although this is our first married Christmas, the whole spending Christmas together thing isn't brand new...in fact this is going to be our third Christmas together.  But this Christmas is our first one as a married couple and I cannot wait to spend it with him and my family (and then his wonderful family for a post-Christmas celebration in Denver).  It's going to be a crazy trip back to the States, but I'm learning that I love craziness.  I'm embracing it.  Watch out South Carolina, Georgia, and Colorado here the Kuemmerlins come!

We should be used to the heat since we spent the last two Christmases in warm weather.  Looking back at Christmases past makes me so thankful for being able to travel.  I love getting to see God's world and meet wonderful people along the way.  In 2010 we spent Christmas on the beaches of Vietnam with our friends Brandon and Michelle.  2011 was very special because we got to spend it with our Thai family, Baan Santisuk.  Christmas morning was even more meaningful as Jess got baptized in the ocean.  

Pardon the rambling...I think my brain is melting.