Every day we go and help at the Comedor from 11:00am - 2:00pm. We also spend time with the children from the Tabitha Homes, either before or after the Comedor. The children from the Tabitha Homes are children that either are orphans or have been in abusive situations. Bluefield's Children Social Services asks the Moravian Church (Bernardeth and Adrian) if they can take a child into the home. There are currently 5 boys in the Boy's Home. and 7 girls in the Girl's Home. We help them with homework, do crafts, play games and just love on them. Ana and Peter really like playing with the children from these homes and could spend hours with them everyday. Some of the children speak some English. Most speak Spanish. Each home has a house mother that takes care of the children.
Miss Mary is at the Boy's home. Miss Bernice is at the girl's home. The children go to school everyday. The homes have no running water, but do have an outside well where they get their water. The children pull up many buckets of water everyday to shower, cook, wash clothes, shoes and flush toilets. Each bathroom has a big pail of water - with a smaller bowl in the water to either scoop water to flush a toilet or to pour over your head to shower. This is the case for 95% of the homes in Bluefields. Our apartment has a tank on the roof - so we do have running water and showers - slow gravity brings the water through the pipes. The children have multiple chores everyday - clean, sweep and mop floors (so much dust, mud and dirt daily on all tiles floors), wash and hang up to dry their own clothes, help in the kitchen, clean bathrooms, etc.
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| The Girl's Homes - 2 story on a steep hill |
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| Ana making Rainbow Loom bracelets with Yuveisi, Eva and Shayan |
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| Jack and Ebi |
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| Peter and Alcira |
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| The Boy's Home - 1 story small home |
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| Peter, Miss Mary, Kenan, Jack, Melburn, Darriel and Ebi |
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| Miss Mary, the house mother, helping Darriel with homework |
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| Chelsea washes her shoes everyday |
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| Peter helping Melburn with math. Math is a universal language! |
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| Making Rainbow Loom bracelets with the boys - they loved it! |
I am enjoying this blog greatly! Especially the pictures. We will be arriving on the 26th and look forward to sharing time with the Bobb-Kelly's and the children. Let us know if there is anything you think we should bring for them!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you are all enjoying your time! Big life lessons your children are learning... what a great experience that you all get to share together, serving God and serving others. Sending prayers!
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