The flood

I’m sorry I had to post several at one time…. I haven’t had time to update.  If you haven’t read ‘Rainbows’… please do.  :)

On Tuesday, I woke up to a flood in my bed.  The ceiling above me leaked and the whole left corner of my bed and one pillow was completely soaked.  Wow!!!  I woke up with the dry pillow but I was halfway down the bed. I must have been slowly moving but not fully waking up through the night.  It had rained the entire night.  We got ready and headed to the children’s home. We painted all day to finish up because the roads were too bad for us to travel to Pacux.  I was disappointed but this was for our safety.  While at the home, I had a chance to really bond with Estuardo. He is an 8 year old boy that lives there.  He is so funny and smart. I made him a little plane that I ordered from Oriental Trading Co. and he pointed to the end (the plastic piece) and looked at me & shrugged… he was asking why it was there.  Then he touched his temples several times and he then showed me without the plastic it would go straight down…he figured it out all on his own. He also figured out how another person did the cut off thumb trick.  We were amazed at how he could figure these things out in less than a minute.  We ate lunch at Pollo Campero… I had pizza and tres leches cake.  I have a new love!  If anyone can make tres leches… mmmm…. I would love you forever! Roberto a guy on our trip bought some fruit from the market and it is the funniest looking fruit I have ever seen.  I will add pictures later… I haven’t been able to upload anymore.  This fruit is called chinese cherry (common name).  It is like a grape once you peel the outer layer off.  Karla, my new sweet friend had gone too and bought me a candy bar. I got so excited about having sweets that I wanted to go buy a few more candy bars. Roberto was going to take some others to the market so my group went too.  We bought some more chinese cherries and I got several more candy bars.  They had snickers, Hershey’s and M&Ms.  Our translators, Yergan and Hector thought we were so funny.  After lunch, we went back to the home and finished up all painting. It was amazing to see the group work together to accomplish one goal, one very big goal.  The home looks beautiful and new and fresh.

Since the house was so strong with fumes the family came to dinner with us. Every time Estuardo sees me he grabs my hand and says ‘amigos’.  I had so much fun eating and laughing with Estuardo. He even told me that I was loco.  He sang songs and wanted me to keep recording him on my video camera.  Right before he left I was hugging on him and said ‘I could take him home with me’.  Then Paul started shaking his head & said no, no… don’t say that…. and he said he would tell me why later.  When later came, I learned that Estuardo has been an orphan all of his life. He used to live in an orphanage that is now shut down. While he was there adoption was still legal. He had a friend that has a burnt face and his friend was adopted.  Estuardo wants to know why no one wants him and says he has a good face.  He wants a family and a place to call home so bad. Edwin & Sandra at the children’s home can offer that to him but as soon as I heard that I began crying. I couldn’t stop crying for over an hour. I cried for Estuardo, then I was so overwhelmed with emotions I continued to cry.  It was a moment that I cannot describe. My heart literally hurt for the people here.