Sunday, October 09, 2005
Christmas in October
Saturday was quite a day. About 60 sponsor children came to the school to make Christmas cards to send to their sponsor families. The children varied in aged, between 3 to 12 years old. They arrived at about 8am and played for a couple of hours while we tried to get organised. Dad even showed some of his magic tricks. Since Fr.Mathew was in the hospital and Brother Leopold was there with him, we had a makeshift crew. We had no car and no phone to tell anyone that we had crayons/markers but no paper. We had to wait for Brother Leopold to come in from Peramiho before we could start.
Once started, we had a grand time. We put some Christmas greeting ideas on the board and drew some sample pictures of symbols of Christmas and of Africa-a star, a manger scene, the outline of the continent. The variety in cards was amazing. The little ones may not have been able to write their name or their Christmas greeting, but I am sure their sponsor families will be more that happy to receive a card covered in multi coloured 'o's. Some children copied word for word every single greeting idea. Some of the older children drew very elaborate flowers and patterns. I was glad to see each one try. I love that there were no 2 cards alike.
As part of the day, the children got a special lunch. After lunch, they got gifts of a backpack, pen, scribbler, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, dresses for the girls and shirts for the boys (many of which have 50 cent written all over them... as a side note, 50 cent seems to be written everywhere here!) . It was great to be a part of this day.
Once started, we had a grand time. We put some Christmas greeting ideas on the board and drew some sample pictures of symbols of Christmas and of Africa-a star, a manger scene, the outline of the continent. The variety in cards was amazing. The little ones may not have been able to write their name or their Christmas greeting, but I am sure their sponsor families will be more that happy to receive a card covered in multi coloured 'o's. Some children copied word for word every single greeting idea. Some of the older children drew very elaborate flowers and patterns. I was glad to see each one try. I love that there were no 2 cards alike.
As part of the day, the children got a special lunch. After lunch, they got gifts of a backpack, pen, scribbler, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, dresses for the girls and shirts for the boys (many of which have 50 cent written all over them... as a side note, 50 cent seems to be written everywhere here!) . It was great to be a part of this day.
# posted by Chantal @ 2:49 a.m. 
