Thank you again who gave for Christmas!  Again this year, we were able to make packs for the church kids.  Every child that attended service on Christmas Eve received a bag full of goodies.

Here you go.

Merry Christmas!

Enjoy!

Thank you again to all who gave.  God bless you!

The Christmas program continues….

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy

The shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.  And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem

We ended our program with a few poems and several more songs.

All in all the kids did a fantastic job and we thank God for His help.  We pray that we see fruits from our labors.

Okay, I know it’s now a month after Christmas, but I had so many pictures I wanted to share with you….so I hope you don’t mind.

The kids did a great job on their Christmas program.  The play went great, their singing was beautiful and I was so proud of them.  We had many of the parents who normally don’t attend church, attend this special service and my prayer is that God would speak to their hearts and that they would come to know Jesus as their Savior.

We had a large crowd Christmas Eve and the kids were anxiously awaiting for the service to start.

We started the program with a few songs and the kids sang with all their hearts (like they always do )

After a few songs our play started……

Mary and Joseph looking for a place to stay….

Mary tells Joseph not to worry, God will take care of them

It is always such a joy to be able to make Christmas special for the orphans.  We have so much fun decorating the tree, getting ready for the holiday and of course it’s great to be able give them their gifts.  Thanks again to all who gave!

Here are a few pictures of the kids as they got their gifts.

Each of the fellows got a radio controlled vehicle. Cristi loved his!

The girls each got play laptops with a lot of neat games and activities.  You think Neli was happy with her gifts?

With Dorin being older and a bit of a Mr. Fix it, I decided to get him something useful…his own drill.

Georgi loved her Hello Kitty stuff

I found Tibi a really neat electronic circuit thing that he is having fun trying to figure out.

Of course one of the things about new toys is getting them all opened and making sure they are working right

You can tell I was working hard because my tongue is sticking half way out

Marius loved his veterinary set with it’s every own dog included

The boys of course had to try their trucks out in the hallway

When you see the reaction on the kids faces when they see their gifts, it’s priceless….Isn’t Christmas great?

Since the kids from the orphanage helped make the Christmas packs for the gypsy kids this year, I thought it would be good for them to come along and help hand them out.  I wanted to show them how their hard word helped to make Christmas more special for these needy children.  I also wanted the orphans to see how thrilled the children are to receive the packs and to remind them how God has blessed them (all the orphan children come from very deprived families).

It was chaotic as usual, but the kids did a great job with getting the packs into the hands of the children.

Cristi jumped right in and helped to hand out the 150 packs

The children could hardly wait to get their packs.

One of the younger recipients.

I also was able to catch Tibi in action as he was handing out packs….You notice that both he and Cristi were taking their job very seriously.

Thank you for giving to the Lord.  We are lives that are changed!