A Christmas to Remember! Lar Batista Edition!
posted by Grace Fragoso — December 22nd, 2009
Christmas grettings!
We have had a very busy and very fruitful ministry year at Orphanos and we could not finish the year any better than having a team, celebrating Christmas at Lar! I am leading a team going to Lar Batista, Brasil, which is adouble blessing, since I will be going home! Part of our preparation for this adventure, was that our volunteers worked so hard so all of our assisted homes could have a fun time opening thousands of cards, made by people who care for them all over the country and even abroad! Kards4Kids 2009 was a huge success!
As we are busy with Christmas shopping, packing, planning and getting our homes beautiful for this wonderful Christmas season, I am so excited to have 9 dear friends of mine join me for a wonderful Christmas at Lar Batista, Brasil!
Lar is a fun place any time of the year, but there is just something special about Christmas time there. A highlight is the return of so many alum who show up to be "HOME" for this special time. Their children embellish the campus and it is just a great time.
The family of Lar has been preparing for their program for months and have already performed their program in town, since the 14th. We just cannot wait to see it ourselves!
I am blessed to be going home for Christmas, for the first time since 2002! Along with me are the Rea family, Perry, Brenda, Steven and Ian, from the Seattle area and the Kischer Family, Kim, Jill, Chad and Trent. Joining us in Sao Paulo is Christine DeBoer, who has been teaching in Sao Paulo, but is originally from Canada/Seattle area. Everyone on this team has been to Lar before so it will be a reunion for us all. We will rendezvous in Sao Paulo and head home.
We chose not to do the tourism since we have already done, so we will be at Lar, for our whole time, which is great! I am aware that there are several surprises for the children and I am looking forward to what God is going to teach and show us as we go to Brasil to celebrate JESUS with His children. Please keep us in your prayers, we will be posting more info as time allows.
Thank you to everyone involved in this process, in prayer, making cards, funding the projects... Again, Fedex has been a Christmas Angel in getting the cards to each home!
Have a blessed Christmas!
grace
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