I'm just going to tell you upfront, this is a post to ask for money. Okay, now I'm going to explain why.
The Christmas tradition in Mexico centers around a series of posadas leading up to Christmas Eve. "Posada" literally translates to "lodging" and refers to Mary and Joseph's search for lodging before the birth of Christ. Over a series of nine nights, a chosen girl will be lead around on a donkey (traditionally by her father) from house to house as they enact this part of the story. The neighbors will deny them entrance before welcoming the entire neighborhood into their home for a big party. The final night is Christmas Eve when the neighborhood ends at the church where Mary and Joseph are admitted and everyone celebrates with a mass.
The house here celebrates in similar manner, but with its financial problems this year it was only going to be possible to finance two posadas (donated) out of the traditional nine. The volunteers were a little disappointed and decided to do something about it. We wish to throw our own posada for the house, but we need your help to do it. This means we wish to finance a party for about a thousand people once all the Pequenos from Monterrey, Cuernavaca, and of course Miacatlan are added up.
A quick cute photo to help support my cause:
Ummm...I mean...ummm...
Maybe if I just put up a bunch of other photos no one will notice...
Who can say no to these faces?
Or this face...
Or this face...
Or these faces...
Especially not these faces! (All my girls.)
Can you help? Any donation would be more than welcome. If interested please email me at sschalle2010@gmail.com and I'll send you more information on how to proceed. Thank you so much for all the support!
Big hug,
Sarah
