WE WERE ABLE TO VISIT THE MARY COOPER'S HOME FOR THE 10th TIME IN AS MANY YEARS YESTERDAY (DECEMBER 20) AND SING AND PERFORM FOR THESE DEAR MOTHERS/GRANDMOTEHRS AND NOW EVEN GRANDFATHERS! OVER THE YEARS SOME OF THESE PRECIOUS PEOPLE HAVE GROWN MORE IN YEARS AND SOME CONFINED TO THEIR BEDS WHILE A FEW HAVE DEPARTED. BUT IT IS ALWAYS A JOY TO GO BACK THERE AND IT HAS BECOME ONE OF OUR 'MUST-DO-CHRISTMAS-ACTIVITIES'!
Dev with some of the mothers/grandmothers
Muriel Martin-one of the most loved persons and very dear to the Hope Home family
Their new superintendent and his wife are very interactive and joyful...making all our kids dance once our performance was over
Grace teaching a few of them basic steps in salsa
It was a tough ball-game getting Ruth to dance!
Leah was more cooperative
THESE PRECIOUS PEOPLE EVEN POOLED IN THEIR MITE AND GAVE US A DONATION OF RS. 1000 ($20)!! ONE OF THEIR PATRONS HOWEVER GAVE US A CHECK FOR RS. 2000 ($40)-WHICH WAS TOTALLY UNEXPECTED AND MOST WELCOME!
WE WERE ABLE TO CARRY CHOCOLATES AND OUR OWN HOPE HOME PRODUCED FRUIT CAKE FOR THEM!
NOW THEY HAVE INVITED US TO GO OVER MORE OFTEN (AND NOT JUST DURING CHRISTMAS TIME)
AND NOW...ONTO PREPARATIONS FOR CHRISTMAS-EVE AND CHRISTMAS-DAY! LIKE OTHER YEARS, THIS YEAR TOO WE PLAN TO FEED GUESTS/VISITORS (MOST OF THEM POOR) ON CHRISTMAS-DAY OVER LUNCH!
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