El Salvador
I feel so full and so empty at the same time. It's nothing that I can just write about, so I won't try. Ask me about it if you care, please. I want to make you care. But for now, I'll let some pictures do the talking.
I think his name was Roberto. He lives at Jehova Jireh (the first orphanage).
Ted fitting Roberto for the sneakers that New Balance donated. (I think about 60 pairs or so, all the kids at JJ got them)
Sonia and me at the children's museum. We took the kids there to get them out of the way of the other half of our group, who were building a much-needed wall at JJ. This was to keep sketchy men away from soliciting the little girls, which had become a problem.
This was at the second orphanage, Immaculado Corazon de Maria (or something to that effect). I don't know her name, but she let me take her picture. She had the chicken pox.
I found her again! I have this same picture from last year. It was so amazing to see such an improvement in Maria from last year. (This is the little girl who my St. Paul's essay was about, some of you may remember her, although I pulled my application because of Oxbridge. Hehe.) She is now babbling away in Spanish and interacting with all the other kids.
One of my favorite pictures of all time, ever. They all loved seeing themselves in my camera. Look how excited she is!
This little girl lived in San Jose Villanueva, the village in which we built the houses. I went exploring once on break and I found her sitting in their schoolhouse all by herself, laughing at me as I looked in through the window. Look how perfect the light is and how beautiful the little girl is.
Here were some of the girls in SJV who will be living in the houses that we built. There were six families total. Everyone was completely wowed by the girl in the back...see how she has such light hair and eyes. If you saw her eyes from up close, it's mind-boggling. I told her in Spanish that she had beautiful eyes too, and she blushed and smiled, probably because of my horrible accent.
Call / IM me if you want total trip details. This is really nothing compared to all the stories I have, plus zillions of other pictures. But the ones of kids are always my favorites, which is why they're posted here. It's nice to be home, though. I missed my bed.
I think his name was Roberto. He lives at Jehova Jireh (the first orphanage).
Ted fitting Roberto for the sneakers that New Balance donated. (I think about 60 pairs or so, all the kids at JJ got them)
Sonia and me at the children's museum. We took the kids there to get them out of the way of the other half of our group, who were building a much-needed wall at JJ. This was to keep sketchy men away from soliciting the little girls, which had become a problem.
This was at the second orphanage, Immaculado Corazon de Maria (or something to that effect). I don't know her name, but she let me take her picture. She had the chicken pox.
I found her again! I have this same picture from last year. It was so amazing to see such an improvement in Maria from last year. (This is the little girl who my St. Paul's essay was about, some of you may remember her, although I pulled my application because of Oxbridge. Hehe.) She is now babbling away in Spanish and interacting with all the other kids.
One of my favorite pictures of all time, ever. They all loved seeing themselves in my camera. Look how excited she is!
This little girl lived in San Jose Villanueva, the village in which we built the houses. I went exploring once on break and I found her sitting in their schoolhouse all by herself, laughing at me as I looked in through the window. Look how perfect the light is and how beautiful the little girl is.
Here were some of the girls in SJV who will be living in the houses that we built. There were six families total. Everyone was completely wowed by the girl in the back...see how she has such light hair and eyes. If you saw her eyes from up close, it's mind-boggling. I told her in Spanish that she had beautiful eyes too, and she blushed and smiled, probably because of my horrible accent.
Call / IM me if you want total trip details. This is really nothing compared to all the stories I have, plus zillions of other pictures. But the ones of kids are always my favorites, which is why they're posted here. It's nice to be home, though. I missed my bed.