Posada de Belen

This morning we ventured out to Posada de Belen, a home for teenage mothers who have been raped by someone in their families or whose home is too dangerous. The babies were cute, but it was a big reality check for everyone, including Lindsey and I.  It was hard to keep in mind that all of these girls were younger than most of our kids visiting.  I got the director's email address and mailing address and I will share that with you if you are interested in sending more things down.

We played duck duck goose as an icebreaker, and then played a wheelbarrow relay race with the young mothers. After a very lax game of soccer, we hung around and played with their babies. I was so impressed with our kids. The boys were almost more into playing with the babies than the girls were!!  You will notice that there are very few pictures of the mothers...it is illegal to post them as they are under the government's protection.

The weather today is hot and sticky--the kids are psyched to come to the Rancho after lunch to take a dip in the pool before our cooking lesson at 3.  The boys came over last night for a swim before returning to their host families.  Some of them may or may not have gotten into a little arguement with the 5th graders staying here about the currency exchange.  I am happy to report that nothing came of it. 

Thank you so much for your generosity to the orphanage...the director and mothers were overwhelmed-I am sure they will be more appreciative when they actually see what was brought-they only saw the bags. The director had a lot of work ahead of her sorting out all of the stuff we brought.  Otherwise it'd be a free-for-all.  :-)
Hopefully I will get some good pictures to post of our little chefs later. 

Sarah & Lindsey