The Lord really did a wonderful thing with a small vision and burden and made it greater than we could have ever imagined! With the amount of money we received from all of you we were able to more than expected for each child and home. The food baskets were overflowing with food--not just a Christmas meal, but staples that every home needs like sugar, flour and rice, etc.! We were able to hand out 53 gift bags to our Pribislavec Village children and others in need.
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| my office looked like a warehouse for a few weeks! |
We distributed our gifts at different times. Orginally we planned to deliver all of the gifts and food baskets on Christmas Eve to the homes. We did not realize that Christmas Eve here is bigger than Christmas Day, as this is the day everyone puts up their tree and decorates it complete with family and dinner. So we scatched that idea and thought we would go into the village the week before Christmas. We did not take into consideration the fact that if we drove into the village with 2 vans full of presents, we would surely be mobbed. The first phase, if you will, was for our Pribislavec Village so we decided to hand them out at church during our Christmas program with the kids. It was a wonderful time and the kids were so happy. For most this was the only thing they received.
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| Ya think he was a little happy?! |
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| She was so happy she started to cry. |
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We distributed our gifts at different times. Orginally we planned to deliver all of the gifts and food baskets on Christmas Eve to the homes. We did not realize that Christmas Eve here is bigger than Christmas Day, as this is the day everyone puts up their tree and decorates it complete with family and dinner. So we scatched that idea and thought we would go into the village the week before Christmas. We did not take into consideration the fact that if we drove into the village with 2 vans full of presents, we would surely be mobbed. The first phase, if you will, was for our Pribislavec Village so we decided to hand them out at church during our Christmas program with the kids. It was a wonderful time and the kids were so happy. For most this was the only thing they received.
