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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...
Sensational Sunday

Sensational Sunday

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...

Successful Saturday

Successful Saturday

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...

First Friday

First Friday

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...

Thrombosis Risking Thursday

Thrombosis Risking Thursday

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...

Full of tears Friday

Full of tears Friday

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...

Tough it out Thursday

Tough it out Thursday

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...