Daughters of Purpose

June 6, Saturday

The kids having a bit of fun trying to "capture the flag" 

Today was such as great day! I started off the morning with a bit of reading, Marcos lent me Kisses from Katie (It's about a girl who now lives in Uganda- Great read to add to your list and it has pictures!).  A few hours later, Megan and I headed to breakfast with some of the other women teachers.  Becca made the most delicious pancakes I think I've ever had! There was fresh fruit too!  Things I love.. yummm. It was really nice getting to know Becca, Megan, and Carrie better.  They are all hilarious and so passionate about what they do!

Marcos's attempt... :)

Megan and I went to the market to find hair ties, bananas, and turtle food-- you know the normal stuff.  A woman, named Leslie, who drives a bunch of the kids around passed us as we were walking back and ended up giving us a ride back to the house before we headed over to the girls' home called Daughters of Purpose.  These girls are so funny!  Granted I only understood about three words of any conversation, but their personalities shone through all of that.

Regina and I watching everyone
climb the flag pole

Daughters of Purpose houses girls from birth to about age 18.  Many of the girls in the home have faced unbelievable abuse, mostly from within their family.  Several of them now have babies to care for beyond just themselves.  Megan seems to know when they needed a shoulder to cry on, some tough love, or a giant supply of fun. Basically, she's super awesome!  While at Daughters of Purpose, I did a bit of braiding, some dancing, watched the Parent Trap, and got to know a bunch of the sweet girls.

Later, I went out to dinner with Marcos, Anna, Dani and Elia (like Ellie) to a fun restaurant with live, authentic, Guatemalan music.  I thoroughly enjoyed it and the food too!  Back at the house, the first ever interns that More Than Compassion has hosted arrived and were eating their first meal in Huehue (more on them later!)

Anna is a volunteer from Spain.  She's staying at the Fund for three weeks, she knows four languages well (Spanish, English, Catalan, and German) and knows parts of others, and she's amazing!

Dani and Elia are dating and working as phycologists at the Fund.  They are also from Spain and have poured everything they have into caring for the kids at the orphanage.  Once again, people that naturally exude love and compassion, which          
                                                               I can understand without being able to speak the same
                                                               language.  It's really something spectacular.