December 24, 2006
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Merry Christmas everyone!!! All the children are really happy here at the orphanage, including me. We just had our Christmas Eve service and the kids received their Christmas present (a new pair of shoes for each child). We’ve had some nice meals from sponsors and the kids also received some really nice presents last Wednesday from a group of US soldiers that visited. Last Thursday we had a huge special performance night for people who either sponsor our orphanage or volunteer here. The kids did great! Enjoy the pictures and I hope you have a blessed day celebrating Jesus’ birth.
Yoon Ji receiving a present (she just ate some jja jang myun, hence the messy face)
Na Rae and her new hat
The toddlers
Steavenn Glean, a US soldier stationed in Seoul who sponsors three kids here, including these two happy girls
Orphanage group shot with the visiting US soldiers
Joon Hyuk with his present from the US soldiers
Pictures from our special performance night… first, the little ones did a little dance
Junior high girls dancing to the song “Romans 16:19″
Elementary kids playing on their records… I thought Min Je (boy in the middle) looked like Harry Potter a little… maybe not
Junior high boys performing a song in sign language
The 1st and 2nd graders doing a dance
Dal Woo during the dance
My high school kids doing a simple “Adam and Eve” skit in English… they were really funny
My high school kids now doing ”King Solomon’s Wise Ruling” skit… you can’t see the two girls in the picture, but I want you to know that is Na Rae that the boy is holding on the right (live baby)
High school boys performed a couple songs using chimes
My elementary students sang “Light of the World” in English and in Korean… the three middle boys did hand motions while the others held candles
Soo Yun
Sun Hee and me
With some of my elementary kids after the performance
With some of my high school students (Yun Hwa who played Eve is missing)
With some of the dorm mothers and dorm father
With Pastor Chae and his wife Mrs. Chae
God bless you all!!!
Comments (5)
awesome, John Michael….merry Christmas! come visit when you can, you can always be sure you have a place to play smash bros…i mean, a place to stay.
but yeah, these pictures and your xanga posts are a real blessing…keep pressing on, my friend. take care, peace!
YAY
i’m so glad the performance went well – praise God. HAHA that’s awesome how Na Rae had a part in the performance too! Merry Christmas!!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU TOO JM!!! I love it how you’re the only one smiling in the picture with the dorm parents =) hehe.
Hope you had a Merry Christmas and have a HAPPY NEW YEAR!
We miss you!
looks beautiful JM…merry christmas bro…see u later tonite~
it looks like yall had a wonderful Christmas! =) i’m so happy that the kids enjoyed this Christmas. they all look so happy.
have a Happy New Year JM~