The Pan de Vida, Levi Youth Group had a very special Christmas party to wrap up the year 2009. The leaders thought it would be a great idea to have a "White Christmas". Since we do not get snow in Querétaro and all but 2 involved in youth group have never seen snow in person, the leaders went and got lots of shaved ice for the activities of the night.
They had a snowman building contest using the shaved ice, slices of carrots and some beans. Some of the kids rounded up other materials to add to their creation. Then the youth were allowed, after specific instructions to rules since ice is much harder than snow, to have a snowball fight. The kids had a blast and as the "snowballs" burst, it looked so festive under the lights. Everyone involved got soaking wet from being hit so many times. They then had sled races. They took the donation crates and tied ropes to it as teams worked to pull each other across the auditorium. Then they were sprayed by Kike with the white silly string and had a piñata bust. For a snack they had starwberries topped with cream for the appearance of snowcapped in keeping with the theme.
They then had a photo slideshow that reviewed 2009. The kids absolutely love pictures. Elena then gave the message of the night from Psalm 51 that through the sacrifice of Jesus who died for our sins, he was resurrected to come and save us from our sinful nature and make us "white as snow". It was a true blessing for the kids to have the physical symbolism of the shaved ice to picture the purity and whiteness of the snow. Afterward, Paco led the group in a prayer of Thanksgiving to Jesus.
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