We are back safe and sound from San Antonio Buena Vista, which is nothing easy to say. It's about an hour and half drive, through the city and the country on busy streets and bumpy dirt roads. Several roads that we drove on were partially washed out because of the recent tropical storms and constant rains. But thankfully, we arrived safely to the beautiful small village of San Antonio.
San Antonio is in "el campo" or "the country." Hearts for Heaven is perhaps the only North American group working in this village. The children a little more shy than in the city, but they are beautiful and still love to play and have fun, just like anyone.
We arrived at the church early and began working on painting the tables that are used for the feeding program. The tables sit on metal saw horses, and these needed to be painted as well. This was a time consuming job, but with 6 or 7 people working on it at once, it went quickly.
- Chelsea works on painting while the ninas watch -The children arrived, sat down, and waited to be served their lunch. Our team helped to distribute the food, and every single one of the more than 150 children waited until EVERYONE was served before they began to eat. Our team ate a quick lunch of homemade sandwiches, and then prepared for the VBS program.
- enjoying lunch -Today's VBS program went very smoothly. Everyone contributed beautifully. Sam's solo was wonderful, and the craft was challenging for the kids, but they did a great job personalizing and coloring their plates. Our team did an awesome job helping the kids make the crafts and talking with the children during the project. After everyone was finished, Oscar prayed for the children, sang another fun song, and then we packed up to head home.
- singing songs as a group -
- the boys show off their crafts -
- Kimmy helps make crafts -
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