Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Lots of Moms (as posted by Joel Greer)

Today we had 54 mothers with 98 children and numerous infants. It was a big day and we used every bit of food and still needed to raid our fridge for a few leftovers that we had there. Today we distribute formula and encaperina to all the moms. And this is only half of them. The remaining moms come on Thursday cuz the group got so big we had to split it.
Before lunch all the moms were treated to a demonstration on making some sort of handicraft that they can make themselves and sell. We are always looking for ways to teach mothers self sufficiency as well as other pertinent topics.
While the moms waited, our wonderful volunteer finished interviews and pictures so that we now have a fantastic database of all of our moms and kids with birth dates and other important information. Andrew created a terrific program that allows us to monitor the progress of each family over time and has made it so anyone can update and add new mothers. This will be a vaulable tool here at Casa de Sion.
Everyone lined up for lunch and enjoyed very much the hot nutritious meal our cook, Dominga prepared. It's a miracle we are not all fat with the great cook we have. But then it seems that natural whole foods with no preservatives and sugar don't tend ot make you fat regardless of how good they are.
Dominga is always here and never slows down. She cooks, cleans, serves, directs, delegates, manages programs and just about everything here at Casa de Sion.
Most of the moms and kids sought out some shade in our warm sunny weather here in Guatemala. It was a great day and everyone went away full and satisfied. It was a great day.

No comments: