Christmas!

Hello people of mostly cold and wintery lands.  To all of you, Christmas is probably almost synonymous with snow and winter.  Here in Peru, however, that is not the case.  In fact, here Christmas marks the beginning of summer vacation!  Courtney and I went out to the beach at Huanchaco last week to soak in the sun and do some Christmas shopping at the same time :-)  It's funny seeing palm trees growing from the ground next to the fake Christmas trees covered in lights.  Courtney and I had a very nice lunch surrounded by Christmas decorations, sand, and sun.

In other news, the kids are getting excited for Christmas.  Various groups have been coming here and having all kinds of fun events for the kids, including giving them presents, which they of course love.  We as volunteers see the kids getting candy, cake, and toys for Christmas, which are all wonderful things, but for Christmas us volunteers have decided to get the kids something more useful.  We're going to replace their old, gross, boring, stained sheets from America covered in dinosaurs, princesses, and other such awesome things.  Sheets for 41 kids, brought from America, aren't exactly cheap.  Each set will end up costing about $20.  We as volunteers are working to raise the money to bless the kids in this way.  If you're interested in donating, you can do so with paypal on the link on the side, or shoot me an email if you want to do it another way.  Chau!