Birthday Party for Sandra

Saturday we hosted a party for Sandra, a student Paso a Paso sponsors.  Sandra brought her cousin, who was also celebrating her 15th birthday, and 11 other family members.  Paso a Paso has been connected with Sandra’s family for several years.  Last year Paso a Paso helped Sandra’s dad, Marical, put in a concrete floor in their home.  At the birthday we cooked a traditional...

Sunday outing at Barrio la Cruz

This past Sunday the local church and community of Barrio la Cruz went and hiked a bit up the mountain to have a field day. This was a time for everyone to hang out, have some roasted corn, fly kites and what we least expected…have a race! All the people from little ones to someone in their 70’s took place in the races. It was a lot of fun and I am sure funny to watch as we ran up...

Graduation in Barrio la Cruz

Lower Elementary Upper Elementary The kids in Barrio la Cruz of Pastores have finally finished their 2008 school year. The school was full of smiling faces and content parents as the children received their passing grades and diplomas for the year. We had a great success rate this year and we hope that the the kids are motivated to study hard next year and that the parents felt the...