Our Opening Celebration

To celebrate the opening of our new center we had a party with the children and their parents on Sunday, June 7th. Approximately 60 kids plus adults were at the party. Not all of these children were registered, so registration also occurred during the party. We played “Simon Says” and “Hot Potato” as party games and the winning children were ecstatic with their prizes. The eleven year old boy, Sabri, was so excited with his Frisbee. We even wrote his name on it so that no one else would take it. We bought 3 cakes and bottles of soda as well because no party is complete without the half fruit/ half chocolate ugly cakes that they have here in Egypt. It was so hot as we served the food that the cake began to melt as we put it on the plates. The great thing about children is that they don’t care what the cake looks like as long as they can eat it. We also used this time to introduce those involved with the center and tell everyone about our inspiration, Yohannes. We also explained the rules and expectations of the center while we had a majority of kids there. It was great to see everyone there for our opening celebration and see the kids’ anxious faces. After all, even thought this was an opening celebration, they would not be able to play with the toys until the next day…