Well, Christmas came and went in a blur! It was so much fun to be in another culture and experience how others celebrate the same holiday. The week preparing for Christmas was so busy for all the staff members. It was a full time job to get the gifts ready for our 50 kids. It got even more complicated that our local church donated several gifts for each of our kids. It was our job to go through and open up all the gifts and make sure they were going to fit the kids. It was a huge process but so worth it.
Getting to watch the kids open their gifts was so much fun, especially if it was their first Christmas living here at the Home. The kids didn't know what to do with themselves! We opened up the gifts on Christmas Eve at 10:30 after a beautiful Christmas program, communion, and a traditional meal of grapes, cheese, punch, apples, meat, and cookies!
At midnight all of Central America set of fireworks... A LOT of fireworks! It was insane, and I thought I was going to get sick from breathing in all the smoke. Our kids had a blast playing with sparklers as we watched the firework show from ALL of our neighbors and even some from our own yard.
Christmas morning we had a traditional breakfast of pancakes and grapes. After breakfast the kids got to open their stockings and some bigger gifts for each house. The little boys' and girls' houses received scooters that they have been riding ever since! For lunch we ate tamales, another tradition throughout Central America.
Jared and I rested for the afternoon and later we had dinner and played games with another missionary couple that lives on site with us. All in all it was an awesome Christmas experience for our first Christmas together. Here is a link to watch an awesome video of our time here at NLCH http://nlch.net/#/photos-videos then just click on the button that says Christmas Video!
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