Christmas of 2010
What a Blessing these families have been
Scroll through the photos and let the pictures
do the talking!
Left to right: Dana Milholm daughters Devin & Darla, Jay McElroy and wife Stefanie, sons Kevin and Cody, Derek Milholm and father Dr. Joe
These families came from the Ooltewah, TN area and have been friends for years.
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The group passing out food baskets to Impoverished families, for Christmas |
Jay and the boys playing Soccer in the jungle |
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The group providing hot chocolate and bread in the slums of Belen. A Christmas tradition Right: Hard to drink hot chocolate, carry bread AND hold a baby |
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The kids kept coming! |
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A little hammock time on POPP's boat |
Worship time at POPPYS house |
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Christmas Dinner at POPPYS |
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Kevin ringing the "door bell" at the Borah Village |
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Stefanie Challenging the Borahs to war. |
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Darla...the kid magnet! |
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Candy speaks volumes |
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Vivian is the youngest resident of POPPYS house. |
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The group delivering another food basket to a family of our former residence of POPPYS house. |
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Benji (our dental student) enjoying the Christmas Story. |
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Joe drives a hard bargain at the Borahs |
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Allergies |
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NIce boots! |
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Jay looking for piranhas |
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Cody, Jay and Martha during a night swim off the Amazon
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Uncle Paul |
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Vivian's biggest fan! |
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Now that is a salad |
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These guys are more than awesome! This is Breanna from Spokane and Jessica from Southern University |
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A little volunteer dish washing |
Marcos, sporting his newly handcrafted flip flops |
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Devin, Ready to do SOMETHING! |
Kevin, thinking of a new way to torture Derek |
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Next! |
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Let the painting begin |
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Some pre-clinic checkups by Dr. Joe |
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Dana stole Vivian from Leo and she is delighted with herself. |
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Paul praying a Christmas blessing on another family |
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Two chiefs? |
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Mother and daughter, striking a pose |
POPPYS kids and staff, chowing down |
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Lamas mean we are now in Cusco |
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Nobody in this picture throwing up from the altitude! That is a GOOD thing! |
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A little extra oxygen at these altitudes never hurt a thing |
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Machu Picchu even makes Paul look good! |
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The McElroy family above Machu Picchu |
The Milholm family also enjoying the seventh wonder of the world |
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Somewhere over the Rainbow (Above Agua Caliente) |
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This could very well be one of the original residents of Machu Picchu |
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| Stefanie, having a Kodak moment |
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Right: Paul and his Godson, Brian
Below: two families from the Cusco area that have benefited from POPP's economic development projects
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