Well, things have been going exceedingly well for us over the past month or so we have thrown ourselves in amongst the Muslim Burmese community here in Springvale intensely, and are enjoying the fruit of our hard work. We have really been accepted as part of their community, being invited to various family dinners, parties and religious celebrations and we have been able to return the favour too. The biggest highlight for us was Christmas day, where we ended up spending the day in the local park with over 150 Burmese friends, we were able to give out Christmas presents to all the children who were there as well as break open 2 massive Christmas pinatas, play tug of war, have running races and of course eat plenty of food (it was an interesting mix of traditional Christmas food, traditional Burmese food and the good old Aussie BBQ). 
After the lunch in the park was finished our celebrations continued as many people came to visit us until about 10pm. And after that day, more relationships have been established and those that were already there have grown. In some ways it was with hesitation that we headed out on our two weeks holiday to Naomi's parents in the central coast (NSW), this time of year has afforded us so many amazing opportunities. But we were able to enjoy ourselves and when we returned the community was still here and they welcomed us back with open hands!
I will write again soon i promise, right now i need to go and cook some dinner...
peter
