Sunday, November 08, 2009

Lets do it again

Here is the video from last year when I received my pie..actually pies....
It was worth it though... 400 of my kids got to experience a Christmas that they were still talking about when I was there a month ago...

That reminds me of a funny thing that happened... well not so funny, or at least I felt funny... We were at a large gathering... there were many NGO's and other workers there... Lots of our kids were there as well... at one point, people were talking about what they were thankful for in fact it was the Canadian Thanks Giving day ... Now at this gathering was a group that just spent a pile of money and work at the orphanage that these kids were from... and life will be much better for these kids because of the work. So at the appropriate time, the director of the orphanage and a few of the kids stood up and shared what they were thankful for... Lets see... A trip to IssyKol and a boat ride... a trip to Flamingo land... a picnic in the mountains... and then just last week, skating and out to a Restaurant.... in fact they went on and on, and told of all the things we had done with them over the last couple years...and non of them included capital expenses... they all involved spending time with the kids.....That's what this Christmas Challenge is about.... Giving memories to kids that would otherwise only have things that they struggle to forget !

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

are contributions tax deductible? thanks!

Julie and John Wright said...

They most certainly are...
Thanks

smctiver said...

You look so happy, John - like you are having FUN!