Our family, along with Jim and Sheryl Leaman, spent the weekend of Dec. 19 - 20 at the Stukenberg's orphanage. This home is located near Lake Atitlan, approximately a three hour drive from our house. Sixteen children live in this home, which is a beautiful old stone house.
We arrived around noon on Saturday. After lunch, we played outside with the children and then later had a Christmas party for them. We did three different Christmas activities. Alisha and Emily helped the children make ornaments which we later hung on their tree. We also handed out gifts and ate cookies.
We gave each child a Christmas bundle from ORI. Vidalia is enjoying the coloring book and crayons she found in her package.
Alisha cuddling the youngest member of the home, six-month-old Anna.
Sunday after breakfast all of the staff and older children left for a Christmas party. They returned around 11:00 p.m. We babysat the younger children for the day. We were happy to be able to give the staff a short break. Charlie took the children outside in the afternoon and entertained them with his potato gun; the kids loved chasing the ball!
Here's the whole group, including one of the two dogs. They are sitting on a wooden swing that Charlie made and took along as a gift for the home. The twelve-year-old girl on the far left is severly handicapped. I had the "privilege" of changing her diapers for the day.
We arrived around noon on Saturday. After lunch, we played outside with the children and then later had a Christmas party for them. We did three different Christmas activities. Alisha and Emily helped the children make ornaments which we later hung on their tree. We also handed out gifts and ate cookies.
We gave each child a Christmas bundle from ORI. Vidalia is enjoying the coloring book and crayons she found in her package. 
Alisha cuddling the youngest member of the home, six-month-old Anna.
Sunday after breakfast all of the staff and older children left for a Christmas party. They returned around 11:00 p.m. We babysat the younger children for the day. We were happy to be able to give the staff a short break. Charlie took the children outside in the afternoon and entertained them with his potato gun; the kids loved chasing the ball!
Here's the whole group, including one of the two dogs. They are sitting on a wooden swing that Charlie made and took along as a gift for the home. The twelve-year-old girl on the far left is severly handicapped. I had the "privilege" of changing her diapers for the day.
No comments:
Post a Comment