Alesia received a box of candies for her perfect study
| Parachute games in the orphanage
| At the end children could make some presents for their teachers
| We are the only ones to bring a trampoline to the orphanage, so this is a very expected time
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After watching a Christmas program
| One of the 12 orphanages we attended during the warm season
| Children have received "The book of miracles "Besides other presents"
| After the parachute games some children liked to sit on it reading Christian magazines
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Saying goodbye was not that difficult as the children received some presents and hope for our future returns
| Before going back children received presents in groups
| We had much snow during the Christmas time
| Children playing parachute which we have left for them after
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I gave a special Christmas present to every child
| On Amur's river bank after a baptism
| Anjeli invited her closest friends the evening of the day of her baptism, and I bought a festive cake
| This was a first Christmas in the lives of these children
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children like to sing Christian songs with our group, or trying to learn them
| Special presents for the girls of the orphanage
| A joy of a Child God is giving the children through our visit
| Children thought out of the new funny games
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Teaching children to use bows and arrows
| These boys celebrating their birthdays today, holding their new presents from us
| One of the leaders decorated a Lenin's memorial with a Christian magazine
| Christmas for orphans at my home
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Dinner after a Sunday Service at my home
| It has been a privilege for me to give out Christmas present to the children
| Girls like to play dolls I especially bought for them
| Some boys chose to have soft toys instead of the cars
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Boys try to shoot the very center of the target
| The balloons brought a special excitement to the small orphans
| I have told the story with the cube in many of the orphanages, and children liked it so that the story was clear for them
| Besides the balloons orphans received airplanes and other small presents
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Leaders' meeting before the camp
| A ladder-ball in the orphanage
| Nanai children are good archers
| Orphans have explored their Christmas toys and were joyful
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Multiple games
| A trampoline was a favorite time for everybody
| I am telling the true meaning of the Christmas story of salvation of the people
| It was easy to teach Nanai people to shoot the arrows as the are the native hunters
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