This years women's group arrived here on Monday November 28th and we headed off to Casa Hogar Douglas. Before we were able to go, we did a quick wrapping presents for 75 kids and 10 care takers. We had an incredible pizza dinner (which is very rare for this childrens home), we made sugar cookies, topping them with icing and sprinkles, we handed out presents to every child and care taker, then we headed up to the chapel for some worship and fun.
Each dorm had prepared a dance, memory verse, or a skit for the womens group. I was very impressed with their dancing. One group did a dance to a song called "soy una princesa" which translates to "I am a princess".
i have heard this song many times before and i actually have it on my ipod. But, there is something about orphan girls dancing around in princess dresses singing I am a princess. The song continues to talk about how God specifically calls them His princess. And how He has great plans for their lives! i was tearing up just listening to them sing and dance to this song. They had HUGE smiles and were having a BLAST!
We ended our time with caroling and a candle light service. We sang in English and they sang in Spanish "Silent Night" and "Oh Holy Night". Honestly it was pretty magical watching all these beautiful little faces in the candle light! They loved the fact that they all got individual candles. We were a little nervous at first but it ended up to be an incredible Christmas with Casa Hogar Douglas!
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