Time for our big AIC Fundraiser: The Christmas Bazaar!
All the monies we make go to Charity Projects throughout Rwanda. It was a great day at the Milles Collines Hotel…
the infamous Hotel Rwanda.
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| Margie and her Undercover Christmas Agents. |
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| Nalini and Cheryl and I had a fun day working together. |
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| EEEEEVVVVVVAAAAA!!! |
Looking GREAT!
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| We had set the stage and all the vendors were doing the same. |
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| Elves Nalini and Ceren |
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| Santa Shana and Cynthia and Kofi! |
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| The giant poinsettias and the kids corner getting set up! |
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| Everyone is getting their creations set up to sell. |
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| The hotel looked great with all the stalls set up. |
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| Clothes and Beads! |
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| Mary…. Mary!!! |
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| The Christmas Pool!!! |
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| AIC Chums: Fleur, Ceren, me, Dima and Lisa! |
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Ceren and Fleur!
This is Ceren's last event before she moves to
Egypt. Bitter sweetness!!! What will we do
without her? |
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| And with a wink of her eye up the chimney she went! |
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The guests and vendors are arriving.. These guys are from
More than Sparrows. |
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Santa Huyen and her husband Chris helped us so much by having
this event at the hotel that Chris manages. |
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| Innocent's oldest niece in Rwanda~ Bonita! |
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| Kim might have something to do with Santa coming! |
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| And here comes Santa Claus! |
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Our first Christmas Bazaar with Santa.. The kids loved it
because "Santa" hasn't really come to Rwanda yet. But
all the expats kids totally loved him being there. |
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| Great clutches! |
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| This picture of Brad and Kiki's girls is so wonderful of them..They might be a little scared of Santa but get a load of Santa's eyes! |
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| Mrs. Claus got a chance to sit on Santa's lap, too! |
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| Time to eat! |
Christmas is all about love… esp. for Chris and Lisa!
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These two were instrumental in our advertising campaign.
They even made the shirts! |
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| Over 1000 people came to shop and have fun! |
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Dima and Fleur taking a moment!
Great organization ladies!
All the work was worth it! |
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| Petra and Sheila! |
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| The food is all ready! |
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| Our DJ!!!! |
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| Santa getting an earful!!! |
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| Cathy looking totally chilled and enjoying the day! |
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| Relaxing from all the shopping! |
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| Kids having FUN!! |
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| A great day in the Kid's Corner! |
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| What, Spiderman? |
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This gorgeous family just left Kigali too,
right after Christmas! How will we all
survive with so many friends leaving town? |
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| Folks relaxing on the lawn! |
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Santa #2 saying hello to all the kids!
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| Thanks, all you great Santa's!! |
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And this lady on the left won the #1 prize of the day:
A Turkish Airline Ticket to Dubai! |
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And capping off our day… Huyen and one of her
little ones giving us a great smile!
And certainly Christmas should be about
smiling and joy!
It was a great day… A lot of money was made
for charity and everyone had a fantastic day.
AICers, thanks for all the work, the effort
and time you put into making this a great event.
It was a total success!
love,
margie
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