{"id":576,"date":"2025-12-17T08:44:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T08:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/compassionlatino.com\/?p=576"},"modified":"2026-03-11T20:18:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T20:18:23","slug":"brightening-children-christmas-at-compassion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/compassionlatino.com\/en_us\/blog\/brightening-children-christmas-at-compassion\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in Callejones, Peru"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"576\" class=\"elementor elementor-576\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13c70d65 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"13c70d65\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a405cf video-es elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"5a405cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;,&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;yt_privacy&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" title=\"Reproductor de v\u00eddeo vimeo\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1145686554?color&amp;autopause=0&amp;dnt=true&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;title=1&amp;portrait=1&amp;byline=1&amp;h=bf91ace683#t=\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1edccd6 video-en elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"1edccd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;,&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;yt_privacy&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" title=\"Reproductor de v\u00eddeo vimeo\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1145683262?color&amp;autopause=0&amp;dnt=true&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;title=1&amp;portrait=1&amp;byline=1&amp;h=0c49d50777#t=\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3091d27c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3091d27c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Christmas in Callejones, Peru is more than just a date on the calendar. It is the most anticipated time of the year the moment children at the Compassion Center look forward to with excitement, hope, and joyful expectation. Among poor streets and shy smiles, the local church led by Pastor Jaime has witnessed how the light of Christ shines where there was once darkness.<\/p><p class=\" translation-block\">This Center is one of thousands around the world where Compassion sponsors and local churches provide children a safe and a joyful place to grow. During this special season, each child has the opportunity to learn the true meaning of Christmas: <strong>Jesus Christ<\/strong>.<\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/compassionlatino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/peru-regalo-natale-bambini-03.jpg\" alt=\"Pastor en Compassion dando regalos\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" \/> <br \/>Through a Christmas gift, we share the love of the Lord in a way that goes far beyond a moment. What may seem like a small present becomes a treasured memory for a child a gesture that affirms their worth and reminds them that God sees them. These acts of generosity also strengthen their communities, planting seeds of hope where they are needed most.<\/p><p>Every donation to <b>\"Christmas Gift\"<\/b> is more than a contribution. It is a seed planted in fertile soil an act of love that travels from your heart to every Compassion Center throughout Latin America.<\/p><p class=\" translation-block\">A small gift is deeply valued because it tells each child: <i>You matter. You are seen. God cares for your life.<\/i><\/p><h2><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-584 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/compassionlatino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/peru-regalo-natale-bambini-06.jpg\" alt=\"Regalos de navidad en centros compassion\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/compassionlatino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/peru-regalo-natale-bambini-06.jpg 840w, https:\/\/compassionlatino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/peru-regalo-natale-bambini-06-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/compassionlatino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/peru-regalo-natale-bambini-06-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/compassionlatino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/peru-regalo-natale-bambini-06-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/strong><\/h2><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Thanks to you, all of this is possible. Your generosity has a greater impact than you may imagine. Thank you for helping us light up Christmas for children who need it most, offering them a tangible reminder of God\u2019s love an embrace wrapped in gift paper, a gesture that speaks louder than words.<\/p><p class=\" translation-block\"><strong>You can be part of sharing Christ\u2019s love with an entire family!<\/strong>  Call or write to us to send a special Christmas donation. Be the reason a child smiles this season.<\/p><p class=\" translation-block\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-586 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/compassionlatino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/peru-regalo-natale-bambini-08.jpg\" alt=\"Ni\u00f1os abriendo regalos de navidad en Compassion\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\"> <br>\nThank you for being part of this family that believes in compassion, in faith, and in the life-changing power of Christ\u2019s love. Without you, none of what we do would be possible.\nMay the peace of the Lord shine in your heart and remind you once again that \u201cJesus is God\u2019s gift to our lives.\u201d\ngain that \u201c<strong>Jesus is God\u2019s gift to our lives.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p>\u201c\u2026and they shall call His name Immanuel,\u201d which is translated, \u201cGod with us.\u201d  Matthew 1:23 (NKJV)<\/p><h3><strong><em>Merry Christmas!<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lighting Up Christmas for Our Little Ones<\/p>","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/compassionlatino.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/compassionlatino.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/compassionlatino.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compassionlatino.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compassionlatino.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/compassionlatino.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compassionlatino.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/compassionlatino.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compassionlatino.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compassionlatino.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}