A touch, a hug, a kind word can open a child’s mind to new things

One of the Okumas has fallen ill again, Felipe. I again assisted in the kindergarten classroom. They continued work on their Mother’s Day cards. They were very boisterous today, especially when a substitute teacher took over. When I tried to quiet them down with stickers, I had a sticker riot on my hands. They all wanted multiples instead of a single sticker as I had naively expected. I later joined Edith in distributing the donations from Global Volunteer team members. The donated goods go to a central location to be inventoried and recorded. Then they are invoiced for distribution to each area. The recipient verifies the number of items received and signs for them.

Juanita completed her work with Franklin and Ricardo which went well as usual. She had her last English class with the boys and bid them hasta pronto. This was our last day in our work groups due to the Mother’s Day programs tomorrow.

We completed the day at Barranco which was a very unique area, formerly a fishing village now converted to a beautifully renovated area of restaurants and bars for the younger crowd.

Betty