Christmas in the Albergue

Friday night, the kids at the orphanage did a wonderful program for all of the people in Peru who have supported and helped the albergue throughout the year. Each casita did a song, recited a bible verse or acted out a Christmas skit. I helped prepare Escuela de Miller sing two songs and the volunteers sang What Child is This in English.

On Christmas Eve all of the kids, workers and volunteers shared breakfast together. We had hot chocolate, (which is made from scratch... milk, melted chocolate, sugar and cinnamon), a small ham sandwhich and paneton (fruit cake bread... it's a big hit here and everyone in Peru loves it.)



We then rested until lunch time. This time all the workers did a program for the kids. We also sang, acted out the Christmas story and sang some more. The volunteers sang and did our 'human cereal bowl' skit, which shocked all the Peruvians. Then, the workers revealed their Amigos Secreto and we shared a lunch of rice, vegetable salad and pork. A church in the US bought stockings and gifts for every child and Amy (newest volunteer) was in charge of handing all the stockings out. The kids were so excited to receive these gifts and spent the rest of the evening playing. It was a wonderful time to be in the albergue.