A day or two earlier, but nevertheless - Merry Christmas to all of you!  May you have a peaceful rememberance of the day Jesus was born into this world.

Ironically enough, I don’t have a fresh photo of us to attach as a part of the greeting. Perhaps one will come along with the New Year’s post… On the other hand, there isn’t much to update you to either. The days up here are tiringly identical and due to work or study we haven’t been able to afford any adventures outside the house.

Christmas we will be spending with the two of us at home - easy, relaxed and garnished with some unusual and tasty meal. New Year’s is still a bit in the unknown, but we’ll try to celebrate it in a way that won’t force us to go to bed at 1am, right after the fireworks are over. Whatever we do, there will be pictures of it coming later in the first days of January.

Till then - take it easy, don’t make too many big plans for 2009 (it hasn’t even started yet!), and try to catch up with relaxing.

As I’m writing this I’m watching a CNN special on genocide and the world’s indifference to it. It’s not just mind blowing and heart-breaking, it’s not outrageous or whatever else… It’s indescribable before all.

To read more about the show and see overviews, follow this link: http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2008/scream.bloody.murder/

It is beyond final for me that no government or union can stop this from happening again. God alone is our help. God alone is our hope. I’m asking myself the tough question of why did He not intervene in all these cases… But I know that it’s not meant for me to understand fully why God allows what He does.

I’m very interested in your opinions and thoughts… And, please, do watch the broadcast if you have access to CNN. It’s worth to be awaken.