Today had great things and not so great things. Bessie was sick all night long so opted to stay in bed for the day to get rest and not expose anyone else. Lindsey ended the day with the same issues. Please pray for healing for both. The rest of the team had a productive day.
Our team started the morning with pancakes before heading to church. The church that volunteers usually attend recently closed down so it was decided that we would attend our driver's church. Unfortunately, it meant arriving 1.5 hours in to the service but we were able to hear the sermon and meet many of the church
Today was a busy day for the team. We divided and conquered to begin assessing in the morning. Pam and Harvey assessed three children and took notes to produce a report for each individual that will create goals and recommendations. Barbara, Megan, and Noelia did assessments on four individuals all of whom were very responsive
Thursday was a VERY long day of travel, where we finally arrived in Quito at 3:00am this morning. Our day started with the entire team being united, 3 translators from Nicaragua and 8 from the United States. We traveled to Latacunga from Quito to arrive at For His Children. The team got to get a
We realized we never posted about our travels... Thursday, July 12, we spent way too much time in planes, trains, and automobiles. We left the Taylor home in San Francisco at 3:15am, dropped the team off at the terminal and returned the rental van. 6:55am flight with an arrival at 1:15pm. Then the hours, upon
Well, that's it. We worked our last day at Padre Martinho's Orphanage here in Lima, Peru. At dinner, we went around and shared our highlight of the day, and one of our favorite things we witnessed from a team member. Katie was praised for her knowledge and dedication to learning and teaching the nannies how
We are fast approaching the end of the week! We are down to the nitty gritty of getting supplies and suggestions in order so when we depart, the work can continue. Amy spent the entire day writing out everyone's suggestions of activities that could be done with each child, and then getting it translated. Throughout
Everyone hit their mid-week sleepy point today, right on schedule. We continued where we left off yesterday and really felt accomplished. Jenny did a lot of work with the Hoyer lift, getting directions translated and printed for the staff, and training them all on how to use it. Katie spent her day using the feeding
Happy Tuesday! It rained here in Lima today, and we were able to take a stroll in the drizzle, as we walked to and from the orphanage to save on transportation costs. Today's therapy felt a bit like the weather, slow and steady. Our PT worked on demonstrating and testing the hoyer lift, first with
Today was such a productive day for our team of six at Padre Martinhos- our liaison said we were working at "warp speed" today. Katie and Amy began their day by going over all of the donations we brought with Hermano Juan- the director of the orphanage. Katie then worked with two boys on their
