El grupo con los niños de casa 7
After spending the equivlent of $50 on paint (loving the exchange rate) with Justin yesterday afternoon, we hauled it over to the orphange today. With borrowed brushes and old newspaper from our hotel, the beautiful Hotel Modelo, we got to work paining the living room and dining room area of the house. This was not exactly what I had in mind but I am farrr from an interior decorator or painter so we carried on.
School has been cancelled for the week for the niños at the orphange given the huge amount of rain we have recieved. This turned out to be a great blessing. The kids were eager to help and even more eager to play and hangout. (We were also lacking in brushes so it kept everyone busy... which is always nice!)
Osvin ayudando en la cocina
We also put in a small mural with expertly crafted replicas of the niños living in the house...
"Our Home"
The work we did was quite small, even in the scope of the orphange (there are ten other houses), but it presented the niños y los estudiantes (us) with a great afternoon of sharing and laughing. And hopefully the nine niños of Casa 7 will take a bit more pride in their home after today. I know I felt welcome...
More information on Aldeas Infantiles SOS: www.aldeasinfantilessos.org.gt
I went for a quick bike ride as the sun was setting on the city... love it.
Adios y gracias todos.
¡Qué lindo! Leí en un periódico mexicano que se teme brotes del fiebre dengue y malaria. Cuídense.
ReplyDeleteAndrew, did you know you were experiencing a hurricane a few days ago?? It even made the news and talked about the mudslides - and to think you were there - imagine that! Nothing but sun and very warm weather here. We're enjoying this blog and so proud of you! Love and hugs from both of us!
ReplyDeleteyou must be taking art lessons from dan! i knew you'd be able to draw perfect portraits like that some day. nicely done
ReplyDelete~Tom