Here we are in Febuary and I still haven't posted Christmas pictures. Well...this is me attempting to catch up a bit. Here are some pictures from Christmas Eve with the kids from the children's home we cooked supper for. The quality of the pics aren't great...they're from my phone...but you get the general idea. =)
I bought firecrackers (a necessity to celebrate Christmas here) because I didn't want the kids to feel left out when the rest of Bolivia started celebrating at midnight. My original idea was for my guys to set off a few to the enjoyment of the kids. I had to leave briefly to take a couple of the guys back to our house so they could start cooking our Christmas Eve supper. I came back to the rest of the guys handing out all the firecrackers to the kids. When I questioned the wisdom of this, they assured me that only the "older" kids got them.
That would be all kids ten years old and up. The younger ones got sparklers. Which didn't impress them much....
I didn't get any pictures of the kids throwing firecrackers at each other's feet 'cause...well, I thought the less evidence that could be used against me the better. But the sparklers were pretty....
It was a fun moment when my guys all came out carrying plates of food for the kids. It was good seeing them have the opportunity to serve someone else. The kids ate very well, heard the story of Christ's birth and then we all had a great time with the firecrackers and sparklers afterwards. I wanted to give the home (and my guys too) a positive memory of this Christmas and I think we definitely achieved that.
All in all....a very fun evening. A HUGE thank you to those of you who helped out financially to make sure this evening could happen. It meant a lot to all of us! Thank you!
I'll work on getting more pics of our Christmas up here too in the next few days! Thanks again everyone!
Jose Carlos "decorating"...
Waiting for the food!
The ladies preparing the plates...
The guys serving supper...
Three of the older girls (that's Andres' sister in the middle)...
Waiting to eat!
Happy faces!
Andres sharing a devotional...
Chowing down...
Alan serving pop...
That would be all kids ten years old and up. The younger ones got sparklers. Which didn't impress them much....
Andres handing out firecrackers...
Sam helping to light sparklers...
I didn't get any pictures of the kids throwing firecrackers at each other's feet 'cause...well, I thought the less evidence that could be used against me the better. But the sparklers were pretty....
It was a fun moment when my guys all came out carrying plates of food for the kids. It was good seeing them have the opportunity to serve someone else. The kids ate very well, heard the story of Christ's birth and then we all had a great time with the firecrackers and sparklers afterwards. I wanted to give the home (and my guys too) a positive memory of this Christmas and I think we definitely achieved that.
All in all....a very fun evening. A HUGE thank you to those of you who helped out financially to make sure this evening could happen. It meant a lot to all of us! Thank you!
I'll work on getting more pics of our Christmas up here too in the next few days! Thanks again everyone!
2 comments:
Well done. Looks like fun! :)
Way to parent dude. Why does this problem keep popping up? Reminds me of a certain youth event...it's only fun until somebody loses an eye. And then Ken yells "I didn't do it!" ;0)
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