Thursday, July 30, 2009

Getting Back to Basics at the Breakfast Program

Woke up early this morning. Evelin Michelle's mom drove Evelin and me to the church where we served breakfast to over 50 kids. Carlos was there with his new haircut, looking very handsome. Tony took Carlos to a professional barber yesterday. Carlos was accompanied by 2 cousins who were at the program for the first time. They were very shy.

This morning I had a little runny nose and a sore throat, but I'm feeling ok. Emotionally I think I am doing better as well. I had a long talk with Evelin Michelle. She is so insightful for her age.

Tony took 3 boys to the dentist this morning while Evelin Michelle and I ran the breakfast program. Two boys had 9 cavities and one had 8 cavities. Now Tony has started a dentist program for the kids of the breakfast program. Right now he can only focus on a few kids, but it is amazingly inexpensive to get dental care here. I think he said it was $4 to see the dentist and $3 or $4 to fill a cavity. He is hoping to get a regular rotation of kids going each month so that they can all see the dentist once/year. Tuesday I will cover for him at the breakfast program because he is taking one more boy who has a tooth that is hurting.

I was invited to a bday party Saturday for Bismar at Tony's house. Bismar is turning 13!

This afternoon the plan is for Karina and me to go to the mall and buy a bible for Karla. A neighbor has offered to make a cover for the bible with a zipper so the girls can't rip up Karla's bible again. Also I have to buy a picture frame for Jose for a bday gift. His official party will be Sunday. And then we will see Harry Potter at the movie theater.

We haven't had internet at home for a while, so my access to emails and posting on my blog is limited. We are hoping the neighbors will pay their wireless bill soon so we can have internet at the house again.