A Very Blessed Christmas

20 Jan

A Very Blessed Christmas

Dear Friends,

I hope you had a blessed Christmas! This special holiday is celebrated in many different ways around the world, yet with some similarities. For example, while we might go to the store to buy a ham for Christmas dinner, many of our orphanages raised a pig throughout the year just for a Christmas Day feast.

I’m happy to report that Christmas for our 1,008 children was very blessed this year due to the special contributions that were given to our Christmas Gifts for Orphans Fund. In this update, I want to first show you some photos of children with their new Christmas clothes.

Lots of new clothes!

Orphans holding new clothes
The children of Love in Action with their new Christmas clothes (the director Photoshopped in one boy on the far left who as absent for the group photo!)

Here is a thank-you letter we received from the director at Love in Action Orphanage in Myanmar:

In Myanmar, most of children are not enjoy in Christmas and New Year Eve, even if they are living with parents, as they don’t have Christmas clothing.

But His amazing Hand is obviously found in Love in Action children home during Christmas and coming New Year Eve. All the children had gotten new brand clothing. They could live among their friends with self-confidence and remembering His Grace.

We are sure that His heart is on these little children and never allow them to live inadequately.

May God bless upon all your deeds.

The director of Canaan Orphanage sent this message:

We enjoyed the last Christmas with your lovely gifts and the children are getting each of their shares. “We are not orphans but have parents those who are nurturing and caring us not only in inland but also from abroad,” said the young orphan called Biak Tha Cung.

Below are some more photos sent by our orphanages to show how happy their children are with their new clothes. They are all looking sharp! (In some photos the children are wearing their Christmas clothes, and in other photos the children are holding their new clothes.)