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The Final Friday

Well folks, that's a wrap! This morning was another busy one with therapists all over! Bessie, Amy and Michaell talked with the psychologists about running music therapy interventions with the...

Thankful for Thursday

Today was a BUSY day! I will try not to miss anything. This morning, Bessie ran a music group in the preschool while Marianne and Tina observed for behaviors. Tina and Marianne had a conversation...

Y tu piña, tambien

What a wonderful day! This morning after breakfast, the team was able to travel into Antigua for a short bout of sight seeing and shopping. The city center was spectacular with a church built in...

Tiring Tuesday

To our lovely followers, We. Are. Tired. But happy. Our plane landed at 2:30am Guatemala time Tuesday morning and by the time we deplaned, went through...

Never without a hiccup…

Well friends, we woke up this morning in Dallas instead of Guatemala. Our first flight out of Sacramento was delayed by two hours, meaning we missed our connection. Unfortunately, the next flight...

Finishing it up Friday

Good morning, BRIGHT followers! Sorry I didn't get this post out last night- we got home very late and went straight to bed. Friday was day two of our conference for teachers and parents in the...

Tiring Thursday

WOW. What an amazingly exhausting day! Today was day one of our conference for the community. There were a total of four sessions; three lead by PTs focusing on transfers, range of motion, and...

What a Wild Wednesday

Today began with nearly all team members heading back to Eternal Anchor’s school for kids with special needs. I was again asked to observe a student who is blind and give the teacher some ideas on...

Not quite what we had planned…

Happy Taco Tuesday BRIGHT followers! Today held an unexpected twist for Amy due to some "occupational hazard" tummy troubles. I started my day off at Casa Hogar with the young adults social group...

Day one in the sun

Hey BRIGHT supporters! It's Amy here. We had our first work day in Mexico with Eternal Anchor and what a day it was. I started at the school for children with special needs, specifically observing a...
Seeing a beautiful country

Seeing a beautiful country

Since today is Sunday, the tias and children got a break from us crazy therapists and we got to see some wonderful Ecuadorian landscape. We were in a town called Baños, known for waterfalls, trolls, and sugarcane. We took a four-ish hour double decker bus tour to see...

Maybe not a fun Friday

Maybe not a fun Friday

Today was a "go go go" day and we hit the ground running. The orphanage had the BRIGHT therapists teamed with their therapists and had a list of children they were hoping to have assessed. The therapists ran anywhere between 2 to 5 assessments in the morning and 2-6...

Adventures to Latacunga

Adventures to Latacunga

We said "Adios" to the children living in Quito this morning and drove a few hours to Latacunga. We made a quick stop for a photo op where the team found some workout equipment overlooking southern Quito. We took advantage of that! Once we arrived in Latacunga, we got...

The team is together!

The team is together!

Friends and family, followers and supporters, After many, MANY hiccups, all 9 team members have arrived on Ecuadorian soil. I won't extrapolate on what it took to get us all here, but most of us (with the exception of Kimberly) had our first day of work today. It went...

Meet the Team

Meet the Team

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