Casa Shalom is now on Facebook!

All of you who are part of Facebook can now check out the brand-new Casa Shalom Fan page! We've posted lots of photos, info, and videos and will be updating the page regularly. Check out the link below, and become a fan too!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Lucas-Guatemala/Casa-Shalom/226681275418?v=photos#/pages/San-Lucas-Guatemala/Casa-Shalom/226681275418

Merry Casa Shalom Christmas!

We at Casa Shalom have had a very merry Christmas season! The children enjoyed multiple Christmas parties and received gifts from many churches across the USA. Take a moment to check out photos of the final Christmas party of 2009. The gifts and party were provided by several churches in Florida


Ada, Alejandro, Victor and Enma pose in front of the leaning Christmas tree.







Baby Monserrat got an interactive walker.















Maria loved her make-up kit!
















Obed was very excited about his Cars remote-control car.












Enma shows off her new Hurley-brand shirt












Nixon shows off his present before unwrapping it (Santa brought him a soccer jersey!)















Wilson loves his new soccer gloves













Antonio got a remote-control car too.












Edwin tries on his Brazil soccer jersey.
















Waltercito and Tony play with their new remote-control dinosaurs.












The whole Casa Shalom group with the team from Florida that provided the party and gifts!

Enma and Colim's duet

Enma, who just began learning to play the guitar, and Colim performed a duet for Casa Shalom's Christmas talent show!

Waltercito's song

During our Christmas talent show, we had many great songs, musical instrument numbers and choreographed dances. But there was no doubt as to who stole the show - little Waltercito! Without a moment of hesitation, he climbed onto the stage, grabbed the microphone, and sang a song about Jesus' love! He'd memorized the lyrics to the whole song, and even took a bow when he was finished!

All they want for Christmas is new shoes!

Last week, a visiting team from the Labelle, Florida, Church of God took all the kids of Casa Shalom shopping to for a new pair of shoes. We went to a local Payless (yes, there is Payless in Guatemala!) and each child got to choose their own new pair. Some chose dress shoes, some chose boots, some chose tennis shoes - but all left with a brand new pair! The kids had a blast getting to shop - check out the photos!



Carlos is really excited about his new shoes





Rolando picks out some tennis shoes


















Jose Ramiro goes to great heights to get some new shoes














Little Tony gets some help picking out light-up tennis shoes














Colim looks for a pair.


















Ada and Eliza are hard-to-please shoppers!

















Karen and Maria went right for the tennis shoes








Even Casa Shalom's littlest kids got new shoes - Abby, Anggie and Linda got help picking some out.