Day at the Orphanage

This week we were at the orphanage to help with their Christmas lights. They seemed to have had a short in one of the extension cords so the lights wouldn't stay on.

As you can see in the video clip below, the children were busy sweeping, mopping and just cleaning up around the patio. They were getting ready for a group from one of the cruise ships that was bringing a holiday lunch for them and presents. They were very excited! The children are out of school now for the holidays - 3 weeks. They go back on January 7. We also took them some candy canes for their Christmas tree. You can see them hanging in the group picture below. Not all of the children were around while we were there so this picture only has a few of them. They have close to 30 children right now.

We will be going back again on Christmas Day. We have gone in with 2 other families here in Mazatlan and bought a new television and vcr/dvd player for them. They currently are watching a 12 inch tv and don't have a working vcr/dvd player. So we are hoping this will bring some happiness to their lives.

Enjoy.