Orphan Fund made possible by a grant from Baptist Global Response On Sunday our family drove out near a village to see the church of Dennis ALLADOE; he runs a school made up primarily of orphans and a church made up primarily of children. He had asked us to contact BGR to give him an orphan fund for 21 orphans that would have been on the streets had he not taken them in. BGR bought their school supplies for this school term. A little after we arrived, the village chief did. Then the ceremony began. Everyone was introduced to everyone else, songs of thanksgiving were sung, and then Dad explained how BGR was doing this, what it was doing, and why. The orphans sang and danced for us and Isabelle stood up and said a formal thank you to everyone in French, and ending with, "Thank you very much." in English to us. The Chief's 'Second in Command' also gave a speech, thanking BGR for taking care of the chil...
Some of you may know that our Christmas was very different this year and we didn't open presents til the day AFTER Christmas. I told that to my friend and she said, "WHAT?" and a long explanation followed. I'll try to give you one, and you can see the pictures! Christmas day dawned hot and humid, with layers of dust over the tables and furniture, and piles and piles and piles of juice boxes, cookies, soda cans, and bags all over our table. This is how we ate breakfast... :) We were hosting a children's outreach for Christmas day. For many of these children this would be how they celebrated Christmas and most of them came by walking or on the back of a moped (a kind of motorcycle). After breakfast we (Tristan, Aidan, Daddy, and I) all stood on chairs around the table so we could reach the top the the boxes better and put one can of soda, one sucker, and one package of cookies in a small plastic bag, double knotting it. I love Aidan's fa...
Our friend :) with Jackson in the corner. . Before the rest of the people arrived. It was the day before the day before Christmas Eve, and our International Bible Study had planned a two day Christmas.... thing. One was at Ms. Polly's house; a potluck meal, Secret Santa, and the children's Bible verse recitation. Yay! All the kids worked so hard on all four (long) verses. The reason you don't see Christianna or Daddy in this post is because Christianna was sick and Daddy stayed home with her. We missed you both! Lois. Lael. Danna (Jackson's mom) and Coco, who is part of their mission organisation. Jackson on the left making himself at home, FOOD! We had our potluck dinner, then Ms. Polly (below) (Ms. Polly...she's British) explained the Secret Santa rules: Everyone is given a number. #1 takes a present from under the tree and unwraps it, making sure everyone sees it; #2 can either steal #1's ...
Comments
Post a Comment