Leandi Borgheresi

  After being sad because my friend, Tarryn, has left to SA for 2 weeks, and thinking that everybody is going to be gone for Christmas, I was pleasantly surprised to realise that, not only are there still many who are here but also that we have friends visiting AND I got to make new friends!  The Eltringhams, Mike and Charmaine, who lead the church in Dubai, and their son Warren who leads worship, came to visit us and Rivers, blessing the church with anointed worship and Word. Warren was also so kind to update my iTunes with LoTs of new music especially worship music such as Jesus Culture,among others, which if you know me, is a favourite of mine. Incase you don't know, they have a new album called Come Away ! They are one of those bands whose songs I listen to over and over and over and over and over...you get the point. Also if you enjoy prophetic worship then listen to Jonathan David Hesler specifically the song called Intimacy ! "I was made, I was made for intimacy!"

Took quite a bit of photos the last while and will share a photo diary of  life in Rivers of Joy! Dad, Lisa, Sandeep Lisa got baptised!! How amazing is God! He wants to be known by us and when we seek Him, we will find Him as He reveals Himself!  Me, Estelle, Gary, my dad, Elena, Ramsay and Mom Rams and El visited us and Rivers of Joy for a day, from Dubai. Perfect timing too, as Rams was gonna come alone a week earlier but his visa wasn't going to be ready so we postponed his visit 1 week, which meant that El, his wife, could come as well! Rams led worship at ROJ, blessed the church! Rams also fixed the guitar and put on brand new strings! Thank you! If you in Dubai and you ever need a guitar or anyone to tweak or fix your guitar, Rams is the person to phone!! Me, Estelle, Gary, Elena, Ramsay I loved having both Stellie and El here at the same time because they both work for airlines. Stellie now works for Air New Zealand, but use to be cabin crew for Emirates and El

For this whole of December we are having visitors coming to visit, here in Bahrain. So I am loving this Christmas season even more. For the first week and a half, the Pape's, Gary and Estelle, have come to visit us from New Zealand. They were our friends who we knew from when we first moved to Dubai in 1999. Estelle(who was cabin crew) was the first person who told me all about Emirates back when I was 13. It has been such a delight to see them again after about 8 years, since they immigrated to New Zealand(they are still loyal SpringBok supporters to my relief!!). So I saw all these Christmas decorations and just loved them. It feels like forever since I celebrated Christmas, so this year I'm milking the Christmas cheer at every opportunity I get. I have enjoyed seeing the blinking Christmas tree light every eve, doing Christmas shopping and hearing all the  Christmas songs in the Shops. I especially loved it when I heard the song " Oh come let us adore Him.... Christ