It's not always fun hanging out with the kids at Angelitos children's home. Sometimes it's just a lot of work, and sometimes it's really discouraging. Sometimes they just get on your nerves, the way any kid does.
But yesterday was one of the good days. Not sure if that was due to the sun shining for the first time in a couple of weeks, or if the kids were just ready for a free-for-all at el campo, the empty dirt field above the foster home where they can burn off a little energy from time to time.
It was a good day for getting some new photos of the kids, and I wanted to share them here. They are a remarkable, resilient and ultimately joyful group of children.
But yesterday was one of the good days. Not sure if that was due to the sun shining for the first time in a couple of weeks, or if the kids were just ready for a free-for-all at el campo, the empty dirt field above the foster home where they can burn off a little energy from time to time.
It was a good day for getting some new photos of the kids, and I wanted to share them here. They are a remarkable, resilient and ultimately joyful group of children.
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| Heidi, who is more or less the adopted daughter of the woman who owns/operates Angelitos. She mostly lives in Dona Daisy's house, as do 3-4 of the kids at any given time, but she comes on all our outings. |
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| The kids cut loose in the sunshine at the dirt field above Angelitos. Don't know who owns the field, but nobody bothers us. |
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| The kids are all exceptionally good at climbing trees, Here's Adolfo and Naun. At one point on our adventure there were six kids up this tree. |
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| The very sweet Jose Manuel, showing off his new shoes. This little guy has a lot of trouble walking, and is thrilled by these shoes, which were part of the new outfits everybody got before Christmas thanks to people like you. |
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| The three children who I suspect have some of the most significant needs in Angelitos - Chola on the left, Fernando, and Elsy, Chola's sister. |
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| The beautiful Carina, 15, who has two sisters living at the home and has quickly revealed herself to be an Alpha Female. |
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| Rosario and Estrella enjoy the colouring books and pencil crayons that donations from home continue to buy. |
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| The (very) young mom who lives across the street from Angelitos, and her new as-yet-unnamed daughter. Two sisters share a two-room cement-block house with a tin roof - it was so hot inside yesterday. Whenever I think that the kids at Angelitos have it rough, I just walk around that neighbourhood with my eyes open and see all the other people living in equally challenged circumstances. |
1 comment:
Crosby, Stills and Nash got it right, Jody. If we teach our children well, we'll muddle through somehow.
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