Orphanage Christmas Party

The children at our orphanage were able to enjoy several Christmas celebrations this year! Holidays for our kids are sometimes anticlimactic since they don't have families to celebrate with. So for Christmas we always do our best to make sure the kids have the best time we are able to afford.

The day before Christmas Eve we I hosted the main party for the kids. We started out be dressing the kids in new outfits. It is a Liberian Christmas tradition to receive and wear a new outfit for Christmas. The children were so happy about the new clothes, and some of them (like little Teddy) seemed so excited they would burst!

We then watched a Christmas show. The kids LOVE watching movies and kid's programs, so this was a very important part of the party to them.

Several missionary volunteers and visitors came for the party. They helped to hold the kids during the DVD and then assisted during the playtime afterwards.

When the show was finished I read the kids the Christmas story from the Ergermeier's children's Bible story book. I have Bible story flash cards to illustrate the story. The kids also love story time and enjoyed the big, easy to see pictures.

We then played several games including a relay race...And Duck Duck Goose.

After the activities the kids ate their lunch and had a big pink cake for dessert! The kids get candy and cookies from time to time, but they rarely get cake, so this was a very special treat.

On Christmas day the kids put their new clothes back on, and opened the gifts I had purchased and wrapped for every child. Later one of the AOH staff members visited bringing more gifts. The Laird family also visited on Christmas.

We really feel the kids had a great time during the various parties and it was a blessing to us to be able to share the love of Jesus with these precious little ones during this holiday season.

-Melodie (AOH Volunteer)