CHRISTMAS PARTY 1

So Yesterday was the CHRISTMAS PARTY for the kids. AND ONLY the kids. It was such an awesome experience. There were 4 stations the RED, BLUE, YELLOW, and GREEN teams could go to:
1.) The Craft station: which included a Nativity scene with stickers you could put on. (The kids LOVED the stickers).
2.) The Cookie Station: where they were able to decorate cookies. WHICH my girls saved for later :)
3.) The Game station: Where they had to knock down the snowman (made out of boxes) with little balls. It had a tin hat and everything :) (AND I MADE IT which made it super cool ;) )
4.) The Toy Village: Where the kids were able to pick out their own toys.

The party went better than expected about 40 kids showed up from ages 7-12 boys and girls. We had fun times. Myrna who is on our team dressed up as an elf, and told the Christmas story in a way they could relate too. I know the kids had a great time. You could see it in their eyes. And what the neatest thing about it was that the parents weren't there at all, and our whole team got involved. Which was the coolest thing to see. WE sang a song that was called He Is The Light, and by the end of the day ( and after the 1,000th time we sang it the kids LOVED it and knew it word by word. There was even a little girl that said a little poem TWICE that said something like " Jesus was born to die for all our sins, 3 days later he rose again, and he is still alive today." SO neat. The coolest part was the toy village. Not only did they get to get 1 toy but they were able to get 2 big ones and 1 little one, and by the end of the day they were able to have 2 more. SO COOL. What I realized though, is that the women are more stressful than the kids to me. They are the ones that are pushy, and these kids have gotten to a point that they actually listen. The women don't. And they can be really hateful at times. I dunno I guess I am just drawn to the kids more so.

One thing that was the sweetest thing was one of the little girls that was in my group when she came up to me she said "Caroling Caroling (since they can't say callie for some reason it sounds like carorling lol)" but yeah she shuffled around her bag and pulled out this little ring. I thought she was just showing it to me but instead she wanted to give it to me. So i tried to let her keep it but she was persistent, and gave it too me anyways. The little girl has only come a few times, and she gave me her ring. I am going to miss these kids so much. I have tried to put off the thinking that I am about to leave and that I'll might never get to see them. BUT it's really hard. On monday it will be 1 week until I leave. Today is my last shower day. And I have to say goodbye. I think that is the hardest thing for me is saying goodbye. I mean I am coming back to the life I use to, the life of leisure, the life of materialistic things. And leaving everything I have become so accustomed to. I am sad. And as I said the other day. If I was Mary Poppins I would just stuff all these people into my bag, and try to help them find a good life. Sigh I must be off I have to go get ready for my last showers day :( It's not going to get any easier from here on out. Better start with the sadness now. But in the midst of that I must MUST must make every moment count. EVERY moment.