Samnang wanted to have a birthday party to celebrate turning 21. She doesn't have any family (sorry I can't explain the background here), so she asked me to help her throw the party. She came early and helped cook all of the food and even bought some of it. It was fun to plan and anticipate the BIG day with her. She started out saying, "A small party...not many people." The next day she would come to my house or we would meet for our weekly "tea and chat" and she would give me a new list of who she wanted to invite. The list grew, but I didn't care. It was a great day for her.
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| Sam and Neldo |
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| Angelica and Juan |
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| Yaniry. It was great to see Yaniry come. She doesn't hang around the "church crowd" but came for the party. After the party she came to church the following two Sundays. |
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| After we ate, we had nothing planned. As people started to leave Elton said, "Quick, think up a game!" He said, "How about charades?" So I divided the group of about 18 into two teams. I quickly wrote movies or books or people I thought they would know on paper. A few dramatized while the others tried to guess...It seemed no one wanted to play as teams and everyone wanted to guess. Quickly the game took on a personality of its own and people were popping up with their own ideas to dramatize and have people guess. It went on for 2 hours (!!) It was so much fun. People were talking about it the next day at church. Manuel was really good at thinking up ideas and dramatizing them. |
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| Alva and me. |
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| The whole gang (except the photographer)...everyone a little tired... at the end of the party. |
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