Twenty years ago, McDonalds was opening flashy new restaurants all over Ukraine, and in the city of Krivoy Rog, McDonalds was the "elite" place to eat. Poor families and orphan children, only dreamed of being able to eat there!
So we thought, "Why not take as many orphans as we can to McDonalds for a wild Christmas party?" We took 46 orphan children, who, of course, had never been to McDonalds before. The kids were so excited they were shaking in their seats! After the kids finished eating, they put their cups, straws and wrappers into the happy meal boxes, and even folded up the little paper placemats, to take back to the orphanage with them. We knew they would remember this day, and everything we shared with them, all year.