You Go Nate!

ORPHAN CHRISTMAS PARTY

Every year Maximo Nivel (my school) hosts a Christmas party for the boys of a local orphanage. The faculty, staff and volunteers at Maximo Nivel are all invited to choose a name of a boy and get a present for him.

The boys then came to Maximo Nivel on Saturday and got to watch a movie (Pirates of the Caribbean), play games, hit a pinata, get presents, watch a puppet show and eat treats and drink hot chocolate.

The boys were between the ages of 10-16 and some of them had obviously been through some rough times in the past.

The name I chose was Juan Santiago and I got him a soccer ball, a little radio with headphones, some socks and some candy (Nerds and Sour Skittles which I found at an American import store.)

They were all very excited about their gifts and Juan in particular was listening to his little radio from the moment he opened his package to the time he left. It was really fun to see the kids have such a good time.

The boys lined up to hit the pinata with Juan taking a swing

Race for the prize

Here's Juan with his radio. We were all much happier.... really

The puppet show

The kids watching the puppet show. Apparently it was really funny. (Particularly when the corn puppet started to rap. He's black because they actually have black corn here.)

Well.... only one more week of teaching, a week to relax and do some last minute things in Cusco and then we're off!