Funny babies

Abby and Linda think they are two funny babies!

A garden in the making

We at Casa Shalom are in the beginning stages of creating a vegetable garden! During our Easter vacation, the kids have been hard at work clearing off and staking out land for the garden and tilling up the soil. Among many other veggies, we'll be growing lettuce, cabbage, celery, onions and peppers. We will be planting soon!


Enma and her house dad lay stakes to mark off the corners of the garden.
















Edwin and Brayan clear away some brush













Some of the boys haul away a log.















Maria, Abraham, Sonia and Colim clear brush.














Director Jenny hard at work clearing some land.














The boys tried to use their dog Spike as a beast of burden but he was having none of it!












Marking the boundaries of the garden.


















Tilling by hand











Carlos does a bit of tilling and Maria, Colim and Kevin supervise.


















Elias rakes up a pile of leaves










The kids hard at work raking and tilling!

Happy Easter!

This morning at Casa Shalom, we celebrated La Pascua (Easter) in a special way. The kids attended a church service where they learned about Christ's sacrifice for them. After, they enjoyed the Second annual Easter egg hunt! They hunted for over 700 eggs that were filled with candy, prizes, and a few were even filled with a little bit of money!







Poor garden!
















Colim goes to great heights to get an egg.


















Clemente




















Ada


















Victor
















Elias















Everyone examines their loot!

















Vinico and his brother Marvin












Yefri is excited about his candy













Maria and her brother Cesar










Colim and Alejandro














Everyone spoiling their lunch!

















The babies had their very own egg hunt. Can you spot some eggs?














Jorge















Josh and Linda















Abby thinks, "These eggs are mine, all mine!"















Bob and Jorge









































Mmmm...chocolate!












Even baby Mynor got in the Easter spirit in his duckie pajamas!












Linda and Abby weren't too thrilled when we took away their candy so they could eat lunch.









Jessica, Josh and Linda.

Brothers

Henry gives his little brother Cesar a lift!

Break dancing preachers

On Thursday, Casa Shalom received a very special visit from a very special group of ministers from a Puerto Rican break dance troupe, YWAM Belmopan (Belize), and WYAM Guatemala. These groups minister all over Central America using drama, song and dance to reach people that usually wouldn't enter a church. This week, they ministered to Casa Shalom's kids through culturally-relevant dramas about sin, Jesus' sacrifice, and how His death allowed for the forgiveness of our wrongs. The bilingual team did a great job of capturing the kids' attention, and had a powerful time of prayer with them! Enjoy a few videos of the Puerto Rican dance team that ministered to the kids using their amazing dance abilities.