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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...
What day is it?

What day is it?

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Final Friday

Final Friday

Today was our final morning at For His Children.  Pam finished up one more wheelchair reconfiguration and adjusted feeding chairs to be more effective for the younger children.  Megan and Barbara posted the Steps to Rolling and Floor Time visuals in the baby rooms and...

Tiring Thursday

Tiring Thursday

Today was the day to finish all outstanding projects around the facility and complete assessment reports and individual activity cards for each child to be posted for the Tias and future volunteers.  Progress was slowed when Pam was hit by the stomach bug so she...

Working and Workshop Wednesday

Working and Workshop Wednesday

Our team was a group of worker bees today.  Tia training workshop was scheduled for this afternoon so there was much time spent in the morning preparing handouts, pictures, and putting together equipment for the workshop. Angie and Kris did massage with three of the...

Traumatic to Terrific Tuesday

Traumatic to Terrific Tuesday

This morning began with a start when team members were awoken by the translators saying that Harvey fell in the shower.  When he fell, he fell and hit his rib and heard a snap.  The ambulance came quickly and the hospital was quick, amazing, and respectful.  Harvey...

Marvelous and Miserable Monday

Marvelous and Miserable Monday

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...