Upate on Flor de Maria’s Family

(( Flor(center) with siblings, with Stephanie, one of their 2 rooms, Flor’s mom beside their stove I hope to start writing updates on children in our school program and their families. Of course this will vary depending on my time here and the amount of people I am able to visit with. I recently went to visit the family of Flor de Maria, she has been in our school program since the...

Pelota sin Palabras (wordless ball)

On Saturday we arrived at Barrio La Cruz and hiked a little ways up to this open field, dusty as it can be, and where it is common to loose your ground, or at least a soccer ball to a very steep slope that goes about 100 feet down. Several adults and a very good number of children were waiting for us there!  As soon as we arrived Rolando gave everybody instructions on how they were supposed to...

Fiestas!

We were glad to be able to receive about 25 children and a few adults (all related!) into our rental house in town for a wonderful gathering and a great time of fellowship. The school year has officially ended so we invited the children over to have cake and swim and everyone had a great time. Be sure to check out the pictures on the site. Someone locally had also donated numerous stuffed...

Barrio la Cruz news and Funding needs

Our program in Barrio la Cruz has had a lot of success and struggles. But most importantly the majority of our students are thriving with their chance to get an education. We had 3 children that we given excellence awards from the schools this year that are in our program. We also have one young man who has been given the opportunity to study in Cuba on a full scholorship for 6 years (minus...