Child Updates

Monday April 4th The mission team started the day at the top of mountain for a review of the previous day. We discussed what our perception of the area and the people we had encountered. Everyone agreed that the children were such an inspiration to us all. They were all well behaved and did not complain even though they lived in a very desperate land.
To begin our day of work a large group loaded on the truck to visit a school, while a few stayed behind to work on the compound. The truck that we traveled in was the same truck that picked us up at the airport. The truck is covered with metal and has benches on each side. There were about 15 people in this group. When we got to the school we set up stations. The first station checked children in, weighed them, measured their height, and wrote down information about their home and family. The next stationed took their picture. The last station was the medical station. We checked in around 200 elementary students. It was a hard, hot day (average temp around 94) but we all felt good at the end of the day because these children now will be able to have sponsors who can assure that they will have food and medical care.
After the school we returned to the mission for a short break of solar baked fresh bread....it was great! Next each of us began various chores cleaning rooms at the mission and tending to sick children who were waiting for the nurses when we returned. Our host couple --Kendra and Chewie are wonderful people and each evening Kendra has a wonderful meal planned. Dinner time and it's Mexican ...yum.

Evelyn Neely