We had a great Christmas! Monday and Tuesday we hosted a special kids vacation school with some volunteers from "Ecuador Mi Pais" (a non profit organization). The kids did lots of arts and crafts, sang songs, colored, played games, etc. On Tuesday, the 23rd, the kids put on a Christmas play of the Christmas story to celebrate the "Novena" ( a traditional Christmas celebration celebrated each night,9 days before Christmas).During the Novena the kids sing Christmas songs and read Christmas stories, etc. That same afternoon a Monk from the local church visited with the kids to share the purpose of Christmas and together we all sang traditional Christmas songs. It was really a fun time with the kids. They LOVE to sing...it was soooo adorable! You'll notice in the pictures an adorable little boy in the very front with glasses, sitting in front of an adult with a striped sweatshirt.....his name is Johan...he is my favorite! Shhhhhh! Johan was on to me because I kept taking pictures of him and by the end he would walk right up to my camera and ask to look inside so he could see my pictures...it was so cute!
That morning Esteban, Ivan, Oscar, and Javie all opened thier Christmas presents before everyone went thier seperate ways. The big finale was a house soccer ball. The guys love to play soccer and up until now have been borrowing the neighborhood baker's (Edwin) ball. Now they have thier own! They actually all went out just today for the first time to play a 2 hour game of futbol!
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day we spent with Daniela Borja and her family. It was really, really great to get to be part of the traditional Ecuadorian Christmas. On Christmas Eve (Noche Buena) we went to her aunt and uncle's house and ate lots of good food like turkey, mote ( which is hominey), salad, rice, and rilleno de pabo
(more turkey) and to top it off some yummy alfajores( sandwhich cookies filled with dulce de leche), which I (Angela) made for the first time!!
The 26th was really cool because we went about 2 hours outside of Quito to Daniela's uncle's hacienda. It was super relaxing and so pretty....we ate some delicious steak, sat by the warm fire, and just enjoyed the peacefulness of the house. It was great to get some time outside of the city.
About The Boumas
- The Boumas
- Quito, Ecuador
- Since we got married we have been hoping and praying for this time to come and it has! An oppurtunity to help serve in a poor neighborhood in Quito, Ecuador presented itself and we took it! We are living in Casa Victoria with 6 guys and our friends Jon and Anna Eshleman. We came to South America with a few purposes: The first to serve both Jon and Anna and Casa Victoria for the next 6-8 months in whichever way we could; the second, to spend leisure time in another country in South America, namely Argentina; the third, to spend time reflecting on the past year and ask the Lord what He has for us next. We are planning on returning home at the end of July, Lord willing. Please join us in prayer for our time here. We have many great hopes and expectations and want it to be as fruitful as possible.
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