Burbujas (Bubbles)

Yennifer played with bubbles the other afteroon, so I took a few shots.

Mema

Meet Jesus Maria, aka Mema. He's the residential old man at the Jaibon orphanage. 

Some of us leaders made a quick day visit out there on Wednesday. One of my favorite parts of the day was afternoon story time with Mema. I think the best story he told was when Coco asked him if he knew how to write and he said,

 "When I was a school boy, I learned about writing, but I didn't understand what it was for. Then, I saw that the other boys were using their letters to write love notes to the girls. THAT'S when I realized what writing was for!"

Christina y Nena

We had an activity time with the kids yesterday afternoon. I was hanging out with Mery/ doing some theriputic activities with play dough to work on her gross motor skills. Different kids would periodically come up to me to show me something, ask for help, tattle-tale, etc. 

I didn't think too much of it when Nena came up and started playing with some play dough as well. She was minding her own business, so I kept my attention more-or-less on Mery as we worked away. After a few minutes of being there, Nena tapped me on the shoulder and told me to look at what she had made. I responded with an, "Okay, wait just a second" type attitude.  Imagine my surprise with I finally looked over and saw this...

I'd also like to mention that I didn't have a name tag on, she just spelled it out from memory. She's so cool.