first let me say i am at an internet cafe with no caps that work on the computer and is missing several keys. love guate. we have been so busy. the first day here mike with shelter box tents called me asked if we needed more tents. he had given us 50 some right after the hurricane and he was in the country ad had more and had my guate number. i told him we were going to do a needs assessment the next day would let him know. well in one day we found over 1000 homeless people living in horrible shelters or out in the open. the children were so sick from living in the cold , 40 degrees, and rain with only a t-shirt and pants and some with no shoes. 600 of them had zip in the way of food. not even beans and corn. safe homes for children is buying 1500 DOLLARS WORTH OF 100 POUND BAGS OF CORN AND BEANS AND BOXES OF SOAP. GUS, OUR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR FRIEND HERE IN COUNTRY GOT A TRUCK FROM THE MUNICIPALITY AND IS PICKING UP ALL THE TENTS TODAY. THEY WEIGH 110 POUNDS EACH AND COST 1000 US DOLLARS EACH. WE WILL BUY THE FOOD TOMORROW AND SPEND ALL DAY TOMORROW, FRIDAY AND SAT SETTING UP TENTS AND GIVING OUT FOOD IN 3 COMMUNITIES. I WILL BE SO HAPPY FOR THE CHILDREN TO GET OUT OF THE RAIN AND COLD. I HAVE SHOES FOR THE WORST OF THE CASES.either there is no caps or all caps. gosh i miss my computer . other organizations are begging us for small meds tools. please go to all your doctor friends. we need the thing you look in the ear with. a stethoscope and the thing you listen to the babies heart beat with.. we need them for several clinics. also many meds as the homeless people are all sick. also money for food. and to ship our container that has many pairs of shoes. oh yeah we are out of formula.
yesterday at our mamas group we had 44 mamas and 100 children. another crippled boy who can not walk, a two year old who had been hit on the arm so bad it was broken and the dad would not let us take him to the hospital. we have a 13, 9 and crippled 6 year old living by themselves that need help. tons of malnourished and starving kids and moms. i will write more and send pictures when i return. but samuel has his new braces and walked across the room to me with a huge smile on his face. he walked perfectly. it was amazing. the 8 year old who came in yesterday and can not walk is named tony and is 8. my son at home is named tony and is 8 so i fell in love with him immediately. my twins were there and they are so healthy and cute thanks to the formula and clothing we gave for them. i started teaching the mamas the steven covey 7 habits yesterday and they had no idea what being proactive meant, but by the time i finished they said they knew and marie is going to work with them on the habits for the next year helping them grow in their effectiveness in life. i love our new managers, russ and marie. they organized all our books and classified them and we now have a genuine library, the only one for an hour around.
love all of you and really miss you, but sure do realize how lucky you have it.
vicki
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