Monday, December 7, 2009

Highland ABC Celebration!!!

What a day!!! We had a great celebration!! This was the first time we had the ABC Celebration here in the highlands. Our ABC Children are in 8 communities and there are 274 children in the program. We had 800 people in attendance today and I think everyone really enjoyed the day of celebration!

The guys put up tarps to provide shade for the crowd.

Kemmel welcomes everyone and gives some direction for the day.

Voces Acappella sang for us toady. It is always a special treat when they are with us.

I took so many photos, it is hard to select ones to post. There were prizes awarded for first, second and third places. Those photos will be posted in a newsletter that will come out later.

Even with all of the activities taking place, some children could not resist the pool.......no matter what color the water was!

There was soccer and basketball games going on. It was fascinating that these girls can play basketball in high-heels........and I mean, HIGH-HEELS!

This photo is very special to me. Neva had bonded with some of the girls from the Xejox area and then wanted a photo with them. This is the area that South Fork visited for the first time with us in 2007. Now, they have the ABC program! That story is a success!

We had many vendors through the day. Guys were selling choco-bananas, ice cream, peanuts and some ladies set up small stores to sell their goods. One guys stopped to watch the basketball game and decided to dip out some of his ice cream for himself and take a break to watch!

Lunch was provided, which was pepian chicken, rice and tortillas.

It was nice to see each community enjoying the day together while also enjoying the fellowship of the other communities.

We look forward to the ABC Celebration of 2010. I think it will be even bigger and better!

1 comment:

Kemmel and Lisa Dunham said...

Great post! Thanks for the action shots.