We had a great opportunity to sponsor two children from Talita Cumi for their birthday celebration. Every two months a family hosts a birthday party where all the kids with birthdays in those two months gets to attend and celebrate. The hosts ask people to sponsor a child which means buying them a gift and spending the night with them at the party. We sponsered two-Juan de Dios and Carla Patricia. We had a cookout and cake and opened presents. It was so much fun to watch the kids--they were soo excited the entire evening. With over thirty children the orphanage needs help making each child's birthday special and they have found a great system for doing just that.
Vanessa, the hostess, lighting the candles with all the birthday children watching.
Juan anticipating a big slice of cake.
The group bowed their heads and prayed before eating the cake thanking Jesus for His blessings.
Juan ran and gave Grant and I a hug before he opened his presents :)
For Carla we bought a shirt and a bracelet and some nail polish. She modeled the shirt for everyone later.
We bought Juan de Dios a backpack which he needed to start school again and a outfit and a box car. He was thrilled. The next week every time Grant went to work he would bring out his backpack to show Grant.
Here is Grant, Carla Patricia, Juan de Dios and I (and Juan's balloons :)
This is Sally my prayer partner at the school. She had sponsor a child as well. She is the grandmother of two students at the school and is here to take care of them. She is also the school nurse.
Grant and Gustavo played a lot of checkers. The rules varied depending on if Gustavo liked the move or not :)
Vanessa, the hostess, lighting the candles with all the birthday children watching.
Juan anticipating a big slice of cake.
Juan ran and gave Grant and I a hug before he opened his presents :)
We bought Juan de Dios a backpack which he needed to start school again and a outfit and a box car. He was thrilled. The next week every time Grant went to work he would bring out his backpack to show Grant.
This is Sally my prayer partner at the school. She had sponsor a child as well. She is the grandmother of two students at the school and is here to take care of them. She is also the school nurse. 
Grant and Gustavo played a lot of checkers. The rules varied depending on if Gustavo liked the move or not :)
