My Nana was in town from Oklahoma a few weeks ago, staying with us. She and i decided to make 100 candy bags for children at an orphanage that I’ve been to in the Dominican Republic. Some friends of mine was about to leave on a mission trip to there, so we sent these of with them, to fill with candy and pass out to all the girls at the orphanage and all the Pan De Vida-Bread of Life feeding program kids.
The area around the orphanage where all our Bread of Life children live was completely destroyed by hurricane Irene.. Over 37,000 people left with out homes. Before this hurricane hit they lived in “houses” made of sticks, wood, tin, trash bags used to plug up holes, etc.. After, they were left with nothing.. Not even the bare minimum that they had. Praise God that all the children in our program at the orphanage were all safe and accounted for! It’s so sad to know that the little that these families had is now gone. I have two god sons, Danny-11 & his little brother Leonidas-9, in this program and to know that they have nothing breaks my heart. All the clothes, quilts, toys, and pictures that i have sent them is all gone. But my God is good and faithful an my two beautiful god sons are doing great, considering!
With that all being said, i’m sure you can see why these little homemade candy bags would mean so much to these children. They’ll all be carrying them around with them for days!
To see pictures of the DR or the Candy Bag tutorial see my posts
“Dominican Republic 2010.“ and “Handmade Candy Bags.“
Here are some pictures of the kids and their bags.
↑ This beautiful little boy is my godson Danny!
↑ So Cute!
↑ Haha I love this one! My Favorite!
It warms my heart to see how much the kids enjoyed the bags >3 :)
They really did! Such a great thing! :) Thank you for your help Nana!!!