Day 3: Women's Group

This Day was one of my favorites days!

In the morning we had Santas Workshop! We wrapped Christmas presents for Casa Hogar Bethesda and we had a group that worked as santa's elves. While the kids were off at school we took homemade chicken noodle soup, their presents, and left pillows with their names monogrammed on their beds. We left their presents under their tree in the living room.
We had another group of women that went back to Casa hogar douglas. We had arranged for there to be a photo of each child with a prayer request on the back. So, the women did a prayer walk and specifically prayed for every child living at Casa Hogar Douglas!

Then we ate a yummy lunch and waited for the kids from Casa Hogar Bethany and Casa Hogar ERJ come meet us at the property. Once they were here we gave each kid their presents and a sack lunch. They ate their lunch, opened presents, and then we headed off to the movie theater.

We went to see the Muppets Movie. We got 150 people popcorn, candy, and a drink! It was such a fun time. Honestly the movie was a HUGE treat to most of the kids because there were a lot of new kids in both of those Childrens homes. A lot of the kids were saying that it was their very first movie in a movie theatre! Which blew all of our minds.

Then the most exciting part....

We put 50 pesos ($5) in an envelope for EVERY kid and they were able to walk around the 2nd nicest mall in Monterrey for 45 minutes and spend their 50 pesos with whatever they wanted. YES there was a starbucks in the mall and most of the kids went there.
Then our meeting point was at the MASSIVE Christmas Tree in the middle of the mall. They have a special event every 3 hours for it to snow at the big tree. I think they use soap. i am not 100% sure though. Anyway, we had set it up for them to do the big snow to end our time with ERJ and Bethany. It was PERFECT! They had their Christmas music going and we were all dancing and singing in the snow!

One of my favorite memories of the whole week is watching those sweet faces looking at the snow coming down!


p.s. no i do not have a baby, i am just holding one in all of those pictures :)