Update on Casa Hogar San Jose

On March 26, the kids at San Jose welcomed

another newcomer, Kenyi, age 8,

who is there on at least a temporary placement.

Shown here are the three new boys,

Wilber, Daniel, and Kenyi.

Juan Diego, center, is enjoying having Wilber and Kenyi

as new friends about his age.

The kids are great about accepting their new housemates.

Shown here are:

back row: Diego Armando, Angela, Estrella, Isela

front row: Lizet, Daniel, Juan Diego, and Wilber.

Daniel and Tamara are in the daily homework routine.

Lizet is shown learning how to use a compass,

a little trickier than you might think.

San Jose kids at Cristo Redentor

Padre Juan Carlos officially welcomes

the four new kids from Casa Hogar San Jose.

Shown here are:

Estrella, Rosa Isela, Wilber and Daniel

A happy family photo of all 11 from San Jose.

This weekend the girls all got new haircuts.

Boys from left to right are:

Diego Armando, Juan Diego, Daniel, and Wilber.

Girls are Lizet, Tamara, Rosa Isela, and Daniela in front

Angela, Yasmin, and Estrella in back.

Back to school!

Diego is a new tutor at Sagrada Familia working with the teens.

Carmen is also new at San Jose and works with the

younger ones on homework.

She is shown here with Juan Diego and his new buddy

Daniel.  Both are second graders.

Lizet was getting help from Tio Alejandro as she was

learning about Venn diagrams in 4th grade.

Within a week after arriving at San Jose,

Daniel has gotten into the routine of daily homework.

Diego Armando gets back into the groove

of piano lessons with Tia Gloria.

This little guy has LOTS of talent.

 Margot, in her last year of high school,
gets help from Tio Alejandro.

He enjoys the challenging problems she brings each week.

She hopes to pass the tough college exams later this year.

Hanging out with the casas kids

When they are not busy with school work,

the casas kids still have a life

and enjoy themselves.

Angela and Yasmin came to Tia Gloria's house

to start another needlework project.

These are two very sweet girls,both in 5th grade.

Arelis has a beautiful smile and is

adjusting well with her move to Sagrada Familia.

She is in first year of secondary school.

Lizbeth likes her new place

as does Katiuska.

Victoria redefines the meaning

of hanging out.

In Arequipa, rainbows are quite uncommon.

But recently, we witnessed a very rare

double rainbow from Sagrada Familia.

When asked what promise God

attached to the rainbow, several of the teens

remembered the covenant of Genesis 9:11-13

that God would never send another flood

to destroy the earth.

 

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK!

Exciting news!

San Jose has welcomed  four new younger kids.

Over the weekend, Daniel joined his sister Daniela

(and brother Miguel Angel at Sagrada Familia).

On March 9th, three siblings,

two girls and a younger brother moved to San Jose.

Wilber (7) and his sister Rosa Isela (9)

and Daniel (almost 7).

(in the background are some of Padre Ron's

birds which the kids really enjoy)

Angela makes Estrella (10) feel right at home.

Estrella is the big sister to Rosa Isela and Wilber.

All of San Jose's kids have been wonderful

about accepting their new housemates.

Who's new at Sagrada Familia?

On February 28th, five students moved up 

from the younger to the older Casa Hogar.

Katiuska, Arelis, and Lizbeth are

 adjusting very well to their new home.

Katiuska and Lizbeth are in 6th year of primary

and Arelis is in 1st year of secondary school.

Ronald is in 1st year of secondary and

Xavier is in 6th grade of primary.

But the newcomer who is getting the most attention is BOLT, the new puppy!

Manuel shows special fondness for Bolt

in front of the new doghouse built by the Roofdogs team

as does Miguel Angel.

and Giovana.

Bolt will never starve for affection

at Sagrada Familia.

Edgar and his new buddy Bolt.

Another newcomer to Sagrada Familia

is Serbando who is a new tutor working with the kids.

He taught civics classes at San Lucas last year.

He is shown here with Lizbeth, another recent newcomer.