Monthly Archives: December 2018

Christmas event at a Military Prison – December 23rd

No pictures were allowed here so the picture is from a previous event: We had originally visited this prison months ago, and all the men asked us to come back on this day so we could perform for their wives and children. I talked about this prison in a past post and about the complicated job that the military has here of trying to deal with all the gang wars and violence. Sometimes they get framed and set up for things that are out of their control (lot to get into now, but things are very complicated here with the…

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Government event in Poor area – December 22nd in the evening

We did a cool event last night, later in the evening in a city way in the middle of nowhere. When we first arrived the park was dead, but as we turned on our music and started, crowds came and we shared a beautiful evening with these families. The mayor and governor of the city came as well and were very grateful that we could give them this. They had to hire military swat police to guard the park during our event since this area is so dangerous. The mayor told me that these families have absolutely nothing and have…

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Community event at a catholic parish – December 22nd

Just four of us put on this event because the other half of the family is trying to find us a place to live:) When we first arrived no one had showed up yet and we didn’t know how it was going to turn out. But bit by bit a lot of people ended up showing up and we did a great show for them, finishing it with our Christmas play of the birth of Christ. Afterward so many individuals came up thanking us and sharing their stories. One lady was so sweet, she had four kids and she said…

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Hospital/Prison December 20th

We had visited this prison months ago and the directer asked us to return on this day because he said we really made a difference to the men. Today was their Christmas visiting day so there families were there as well. Most of these men had the mentality of a child and so we kept everything very simple and just gave them seeds of hope and the Fathers love. They really loved to dance:) A number of the guys remembered us from last time and were so excited to see us again and said they had been waiting for us…

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Women’s Prison – December 19th

Walking through the prison it was just tragic. Each cell was overcrowded and packed with ladies. It’s like 105 degrees here and even hotter inside their cement walls so they are just sweating hot. Roaches and bugs were crawling all over the walls and these women were in a very bad situation. Most of them are serving time from getting involved in trafficking with their husbands or boyfriends and now they are realizing horrible consequences. Living in a place not fit for animals. We spent half the day with them and shared so many things. We do a theater act where by brother comes out frantically looking…

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Mens Prison – December 17th

Pictures were not allowed here, but the prison was located behind the area you see in the picture. In this prison the guys told us that they only get the water on three times a day and have to hurry to get a drink and wash. Since it is so hot and overcrowded, sometimes guys don’t get their turn before it goes off again. They said because of the heat, their food often spoils before it is brought to them and they go without eating. Capoeira (which is a martial art that combines fighting and dancing) is very big here since…

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Community Christmas Event – December 16th

There were around 400 families here and the acoustics were crazy:) We had to set up our stuff under this low bridge and got some bumped heads but no big deal. For these families this was their Christmas and they were very grateful for all we did and gave them. Plus the catholic church that was putting it on gave them a full chicken dinner! We shared so many beautiful things with them as well as making them laugh and doing a lot of magic!

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Community Event on Island – December 15th

This last month many of the sub cities and communities put on events where they invite poor families to come and give them a gift and food. (Sometimes they have a santa claus and sometimes santa ends up being one of my brothers or me in a frog costume in a sonata coat :)) After we were invited to one of these events, word spread about the Americans with a cool free show and we soon had five more. The people putting on these events (often a Catholic Parish) do not have a lot of resources or help so we end up helping organize the events, set them up,…

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