~~~~~CHRISTMAS in PERU~~~~~
Every year "La Casa Del Padre" (The church I go to here in Lima, Peru) does several Christmas outreaches. This year we helped with one, and that was to bring Christmas to orphans and very underprivileged children, single mothers and old people. It took tons of people and together we were able to bless over 1000 children.(wooohoo!!) was a long and exhausting day but it was awesome to see the children blessed....
Jose praying before we head out
Assembly Line of goods
The bag is too heavy for Logan :)
Me passing out gifts and clothes to children
Kids waiting in line for their gifts
The kid in the front left is Alex
Thumbs up has become my trademark
Funny Picture :P
This kids name is "Misaiel'' (me-sa-i-el)
Unexpected pic
Assembly Line
Left-Right: Diego, Piero, Me, Mirko, Cesar
Part of the team & awesome men of God!
Diego (one my guys that I mentor) in the assembly line.
Logan handed out snacks to the kids, a mini panaton (fruit cake thing-very popular and traditional Christmas treat) and chocolate milk to each kid. They were in the room where the kids got their toys and they had to get the snack on the way to the toys. Many children were so focused on the toy that they walked right past Logan. All he knew how to say was "Feliz Navidad" so he would chase them down and shove the snack in their face all the while saying "Feliz Navidad" in a somewhat irritated voice.
This week we are going to Carmella's house (CLICK THE LINK) to bring her some presents. God put it on some friends hearts to donate money for this project and we are all so excited! Jose and his dad went to her house yesterday to kind of get an idea what needs to be done. First of all *she* did all the wiring for her house and it needs to be fixed. thankfully Jose's dad is great at that kind of stuff and is going to take care of it! Next she doesn't have any fans in her house. I cannot imagine what it would be like if there were 8 children running around making it hotter in here! So we are going to get her a couple fans to cool off the rooms (Again Jose's dad is handling this because he's awesome) She also needs a rug, and would like a slide for the kids to play on and a shelf in the kids room. Aside from that we plan to put together a basket of food for her and her kids. This is all really phase one of a project that we think we could work on until we leave Lima. If you would like to make a donation into this project send me a message @ viccetina@gmail.com that is also my paypal address.
THANK YOU TO THOSE BACK IN THE STATES WHO GAVE MONEY TO SPONSOR A CHILD THIS CHRISTMAS. YOU GUYS ARE A GREAT BLESSING TO PEOPLE IN THIS NATION.
