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What’s your favorite season and why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My favorite season is Winter. I love the cold\/cool weather. I grew up in Mongolia where is was very cold in the winters and in the summers it would always cool down at night. Our house was fairly well insulated but we would wear slippers and sweaters a lot. Also Mongolian winters even though it was cold the sun shone 90% of the time. I very much prefer putting on layers than to be to hot. I also like lots of snow. The beauty of snow and the close, cozy feeling of having to stay inside during and after a snow storm is so neat. But the close second would be Spring. When the flowers are just blooming, the leaves are just starting to come out and everything has a green haze. God just has created such a beautiful world and I am so thankful for it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What’s your favorite holiday and why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think I would have to say that Christmas is my favorite with 4th of July a close second. Christmas time has always been special to me. It has been a time to give. No, we never have had a tree, presents or many decorations. But we were taught that this was Jesus birthday and that we were to give back to Him. Every December for years we would find someone to bless with a gift. Many times in Mongolia it was a poor family we learned about and for the month of December in the dining room at the homes was a box(s) that we filled with food items, candles and household things. All the children and workers were encouraged to participate. It would absolutely thrill us to find ways use our allowance to buy things. In more recent years it hasn’t been as much kept up but now that everyone has their own way of earning money we can find ways to bless people at Christmas time. I for sure want to keep up the tradition though I wasn’t as consistent in the past few years as I would have liked. I am extremely thankful for the teaching my parents gave us regarding this issue. To many times we get caught up in the fanciful things at Christmas but the real meaning gets pushed back towards the rear of our thinking. I really believe that that training has a lot to do with my desire to help others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n