"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Lao-tzu, Chinese philosopher

Friday, July 15, 2011

Off to the museum

We traveled to the local museum to meet our sponsored children for a tour. They covered themselves and us with stickers. The children as well as the adults enjoyed the visit.





CI staff member, Ivan, who served as the interpreter
and later took everyone shopping.






The earthquake simulator




















Nancy's visit...

with her sponsored child, Esterbania.





Susan's visit...

with her sponsored child, Naica.








Susan with Naica, her mother and older brother.

Lowell's visit...

with his sponsored child, Isairy.









Lowell with Isairy, her mother and little brother.


The "moments" I'd been waiting for

As we were leaving the community center luncheon the staff told me we would be visiting Daichela next. I asked if Jose would be there and they said, “No, Jose and Daichela don’t live together or with their mother.” The children’s mother lives in the city for work, Daichela lives with her aunt in the village and Jose doesn’t live far from her but he lives with his grandmother. So I would be getting two seperate visits.


Daichela with her cousins and a few neighbor friends.





Jose was extremely shy.