Christmas Eve was a fun filled day! When we arrived at Smile we gave bananas to the baby room, so they had an extra treat for breakfast! They had decorated the shed with flowers and greenery on the poles, so it looked extra festive! The day was a fairly normal day at Smile except for lunch they had received an extra special meal! White rice with beef or chicken, and a soda!!! Then when they left Smile they all got a sucker and the older kids of the families received a bag of beans and a bag of posho flour to take home to their families, so they can all eat well for Christmas day! Wow, thanks to Pastor Ruth for making this happen! I took SO MANY photos today so here are some to share the day! We ended the day by getting caught in the rain on our walk home. There weren't any bodas to catch because everyone is gone for Christmas so we decided to run in the rain and it even hailed a little. No snow but I got some ice, haha!
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| Kids enjoying the boxes from the storehouse! |
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| They found a few rats near the storehouse, so the kids killed them and then the boys were throwing it in the air!! No Surprise there. |
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| The 400+ children that came to Smile for Christmas Eve Dinner!!! |
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| Washing their hands before lunch!! |
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| The Main Event! |
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| Look at all that sugar, soda. |
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| The Smile Africa Futbol Team is in the Region Championship so they got special treatment. They sat in the shade and had lunch on glass plates! |
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| Enjoying the meal! |
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| Eric! He lives at Smile and he has the cutest Smile and high pitched voice! |
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| Nurse Grace's daughter, Faith, all dressed in her Christmas best! |
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| Modo and I. He's become a new buddy of mine:) |
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| Grace. She's so cute! |
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| Paulo. He is also one of the cutest babys I've ever seen, look at that dimple! |
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| Of course, my sweet friend Jose! |
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| This is the line for the kids to get suckers, beans, and posho! |
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| The bags of posho and beans! |
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| Pastor Ruth handing out the suckers :) |
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| These kids all live at Smile and they sure LOVE the suckers! LtoR: Ollypot, Sundae, Moses, Joshua, and Eric! |
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| Loving their Christmas treats! Lto R: Derek, Eva, boy, and Brenda |
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| We are SOAKING wet after our nice run in the rain. It was very comical, I only wish it would've been recorded. LtoR: Me, Holly, Rhonwen, and Sarah. |
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Leah,
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting. The color of your pictures is so vibrant. What cute faces on those children.
Happy New Year!!
Bert Klamm