Overview of 2013

It has already turned into a habit! Every end of the year, we produce a short video filled with pictures of all the things that happened at Casa Semear throughout the year: the outings, the camps, the bible studies and games, all the memorable moments we´ve had together. So here is the picture overview of this past year!  We hope you´ll enjoy watching it!

It has been an amazing year, full of joy, growth, friendship, important lessons and many, many blessings from God not only for the children & teens that participate in Casa Semear´s program, but also for us, the team of the community center!

We also want to use this opportunity to thank all of you who supported and served Casa Semear in some way during this past year! Without the support of people like you, we wouldn´t be able to run this project daily and touch so many lives as we´ve been able to touch, by God´s grace, this year! So, THANK YOU SO MUCH! May God bless you richly! 

We wish you all a very blessed Christmas and happy holidays!

See you in 2014! 

We are looking forward to everything that God has in store for Casa Semear in 2014 and we want to challenge you to somehow be a part of this wonderful mission that is Casa Semear!

God bless you!


The Casa Semear Team

Camp-in with the young kids!

Two weeks ago it was national children´s day here in Brazil, and at community center Casa Semear we organized a very special party for our group of young kids (5-7 years old) who participate daily in Casa Semear´s program. 

For the first time, these Super Little Ones (a name they themselves came up with for their group) had their very own camp-in party at Casa Semear! The group of more or less 20 kids arrived on Friday morning around 10am and they had a lot of fun during the whole program that lasted till Saturday 1pm. 

 

The kids had a great time together: lots of fun during the many games; they did lots of arts and crafts, had barbecue for lunch, decorated their own piece of cake, participated in a photo-shoot, jumped a LOT on the big trampoline we set up right in the middle of the house, watched a movie, worshipped God and slept in real tents!!

What for us as a team became two extremely exhaustive days (this couldn´t be any different of course ;0), for the kids became two days filled with joy, fun and friendship! When we look back on it, we say: It was definitely worth it! It´s so great to be able to offer these kids a different environment for a bit, a day full of laughter and joy, a time to just have fun and to forget for a while about the problems they, although still very young, already face in their lives…

We want to thank every one of you who cooperated with us to make this party happen! Be it through your prayers or by giving us a hand: Thank you so much! We specially want to thank uncle Walter and aunt Rose: thank you so much for your presence and support!

The team of Casa Semear

Thursdays: Arts & Crafts!

Every Thursday at Casa Semear we fill our time with the kids doing arts & crafts. We do our best to find a fun type of arts & crafts for every different age group. Here are some pictures of what we´ve been doing:

Every week we try to think of a new, fun way to do arts & crafts with the youngest kids. Last week, for example, they made little turtles using EVA foam and the bottom part of a PET bottle. It is great to see how these simple, creative activities help them to obtain several new skills like using a scissor, drawing, painting, gluing and they also learn the different colors and shapes of different objects. 

We´ve been teaching some of the teenagers to make beautiful patchwork, Christmas balls using Styrofoam balls, glue and nice, colored fabric. Some of the kids really do have a talent for these kinds of arts & crafts which require quite some creativity, patience and perfection. They do it very well and the Christmas balls are just beautiful! 

 

The animal key rings which we make using colorful beads are the oldest and most popular type of arts & crafts we do at Casa Semear. Even the younger kids are already capable of making the different animal key rings, they are great fun!  

We also use both these patchwork, Christmas balls and the animal key rings to raise support for project Casa Semear. If you would like to support the work we do, one way you can do this is by buying some of the arts & crafts products made at Casa Semear. All resources are used for the work with kids and teenagers. If you are interested in supporting the project this way, please, do get in touch with us (email: projeto.casasemear@gmail.com)!

God bless you!

The Casa Semear team