After getting a good night’s sleep, we were recharged and ready to continue hanging out with the kids. After breakfast, we brought out tons of PlayDoh, as it is one of the kids’ favorite activities.

One of the coolest parts about the places we visit here are all of the animals that can be found. At the La Junta orphanage, as well as in Creel and all over Chihuahua, there are so many different ones to be seen. We had to include pictures of our favorites today as the blog would not be complete without them.

After having lots of fun with PlayDoh and all of the animals, we sadly had to say our goodbyes to the kids at La Junta and start heading over to Creel. We gave hugs and high-fives before piling back into the van to start the drive as it is about three hours to get there from La Junta. It’s a steep drive with very curvy roads up the mountain to get to Creel, but we finally made it.

Once we got to the Creel orphanage we greeted everyone before detaching our trailer and parking it in the courtyard. We had to go quickly check in to our nearby hotel and freshen up before dinner. Once we returned to the orphanage we had an awesome dinner waiting for us (plus tres leches cake for dessert.) So we sat down with all the kids and ate.

After dinner, we could tell the kids were very excited to finally open their presents. We helped clean and move the tables to make room for all the presents to be brought in.

Once again, one by one we handed each kid their gift.

After we made sure everyone got their gift, we gave the signal that it was time to start unwrapping! The kids wasted no time to start opening gifts, and there was so much excitement in the room as everyone finally got to see what they got!

Just as quickly as they opened presents, the kids grabbed all their new toys and ran back to their dorms to have more space to play. All of us went ahead and started cleaning up all the wrapping paper and toy boxes while they played. It was definitely a successful night, and we could tell that the kids were very happy.

After such a fun night, our group headed back to the hotel to get some sleep. We have another very busy day tomorrow so stay tuned!