This evening was the Battalion Christmas party for the orphanage. The guys built a deck for their trampoline. Here they are working on it:
We delivered the deck, a gift for the orphanage and supper from Popeye's for an evening of fun. Popeye's helped us by preparing individual boxes for the children. In fact, when the manager found out what the chicken was for, he went to Burger King to get prizes to include in the boxes. The chicken and biscuits were enjoyed, but the mashed potatoes and gravy were eyed suspiciously before being eaten, if it was eaten at all.
I thought the apple pies would be a big hit, but was wrong. Finally, after one of the KATUSAs started eating a pie, some of the children managed to eat theirs. I cannot imagine the kids not liking mashed potatoes with gravy and fried apple pies, but then they probably cannot imagine someone not liking odeng. (Odeng is that fishy stuff on a stick introduced to you in a previous post.)
Among the items we took with us, were some goodies from three little VanWinkles. ;) I want you kids to know that the things you sent were a hit, especially the beads. In fact, I counted them before I took them and y'all sent 51 - the exact number of children we were preparing for! Thanks kiddos.
We delivered the deck, a gift for the orphanage and supper from Popeye's for an evening of fun. Popeye's helped us by preparing individual boxes for the children. In fact, when the manager found out what the chicken was for, he went to Burger King to get prizes to include in the boxes. The chicken and biscuits were enjoyed, but the mashed potatoes and gravy were eyed suspiciously before being eaten, if it was eaten at all.
I thought the apple pies would be a big hit, but was wrong. Finally, after one of the KATUSAs started eating a pie, some of the children managed to eat theirs. I cannot imagine the kids not liking mashed potatoes with gravy and fried apple pies, but then they probably cannot imagine someone not liking odeng. (Odeng is that fishy stuff on a stick introduced to you in a previous post.)Among the items we took with us, were some goodies from three little VanWinkles. ;) I want you kids to know that the things you sent were a hit, especially the beads. In fact, I counted them before I took them and y'all sent 51 - the exact number of children we were preparing for! Thanks kiddos.
2 comments:
This opportunity became a great lesson for the kiddos. It is hard to explain how some people do not have what we do. The kids are so excited to see that they made a difference thru their goodie box. Matt was glad to see that boys got beads too. He was real worried about that. Merry Christmas to all of you.
-Tonya
What a wonderful gift to all the children. The girls look great. Home the Boys are behaving and have the best intentions, How was your Christmas day? It is sunny here in Dallas and finally stopped raining. We miss you, but are so glad Cary is doing such amazing work over there. Many blessings.. Kimmer and Nick
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