Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Bringing Smiles To The Children

Hi Everyone,
It's been another busy week but alot of fun things to celebrate the Christmas season too. Last Friday, the B2B staff had a Christmas Celebration for all the Nigerian workers that help us here (guards, househelf, drivers etc.). Those who could, brought their families and we played silly games; even musical chairs - which THEY LOVED. We had refreshments and each family was given a live chicken for their Christmas meal. The picture up above is of the group. We are noticing that Nigerians work six days a week and they really don't "play" like we Americans do. So, it was sweet to watch them relax and really participate in the games. The children did some crafts, they had their pictures taken as a family and we'll be giving them all their pictures at a later date. There's no money in a Nigerian budget for "picture taking", so this will be a great treat for them.






Also, thought you would enjoy seeing the construction of the playground swings we're having built by the Education Center. This will be such a treat for the children that come for the lessons. We're hoping sometime in January to have the dedication of the Education Center and tutoring will begin shortly after that. Everyone in the village is very very excited about this - but initially we'll have room for maybe ten children.












Last week we also had a pool outing with the children from OLA. We had been promising them for a while and someone donated the funds for this to happen. Our granddaughter, Sami, was sick that day, so I stayed home with her and Crist and Corrie and John and other staff members gathered for this fun day. Crist said the water was ABSOLUTELY FRIGID. Lunch was prepared, bathing suits provided and promises kept - a wonderful day for all! Christmas is two days away. We'll be eating with our kids and two other couples. It will essentially be a duplicate Thanksgiving meal (chicken, potatoes, stuffing etc.) but YUMMY nonetheless.
You are all in our thoughts and prayers.
In-joy,
Eileen and Crist






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