Day Three

Today was packed full. My friend Louise had two of her friends here visiting from Canada, Wayne and Carol. They decided to spend the day w/ us. First we went to San Jorge pre-school and took clothes, shoes, toys and some hand made books that Julie's Aunt donated. They were made by the 6th grade students of the school her aunt is the principle in. They were in Spanish and the kids loved them.

There was only one little girl that wasn't in traditional clothing at the pre-school so the team collected enough money among themselves to be able to buy her a new traje. She recently had heart surgery and was very listless. We look forward to seeing her in her new clothes.

We had lunch at Pollo Comprero in Solola and then headed to El Barranco where we had a stove to install. But first we got to shop w/ the women of this community who are weavers of beautiful textiles. And a couple of the girls got to try their hand at making tortillas. That pretty funny!!!! Then the children performed. They have formed a folkloric dance group to hold onto their traditions. It is a delight to watch.

After the performance it was mentioned that not all the children were sponsored. So we asked which ones were not and thirteen lined up. Between the 10 people in my team and three other visitors all thirteen of the kids present were sponsored. It was a very emotional moment

We then proceeded on to install a stove for an elderly couple and their 18 yr. old grandaughter. We drove as far as we could then proceeded on foot for quite a long way. The girls carried the concrete blocks on their heads like the locals. Before we finished it came a downpour, but stopped before we had to leave. By the way I use "WE" quite loosely. Julio of mayanfamilies really is the one that does most of the work.

It was an emotional filled day w/ lots of tears and all of them tears of joy.