NEW ADDITION AT SAGRADA FAMILIA!

Imagine our surprise when we

arrived at Sagrada Familia yesterday, 

to discover a new adorable puppy!

His name is "Blanco"

and he's 3 months old!

Too cute!

Arelis and Giovanna are quite

taken with their new "fur friend!"

NEW DIRECTORIO DE LAS CASAS HOGARES

It is now official!  The committee is in place

 which will oversee the work of San Jose

 and Sagrada Familia.  The first meeting

 was last night, August 23, 2010.

Pictured are: (left to right, standing)

 Ricardo Vergara, Padre Juan Carlos,

 Diacono Juan Ayala (Presidente),

and Freddy Ortega.  Seated are

 Sandy (Alejandro) and Gloria Johnson. 

 May the Lord be glorified in all we say and do!

KYM McDANIEL'S DESPEDIDA

The first week of August, the kids at the 

casas hogares said good-bye (for now)

to intern Kym McDaniel from Texas.

Kym receives a beautiful shawl

 from Sagrada Familia.

The teens are sad to see her go - she

helped many of them with their English, 

plus poured out lots of love on them all!

The children at San Jose have cake 

and a whipped jello dessert in honor

of Kym's despedida.

What a sweet surprise!

Jimena loves Tia Kym,

as do Estrella, Tamara,

Rosa, and Yasmin.

Isela, Tamara, and Pamela

offer a recitation

And Jimena coaches Martita in her

special words to Tia Kym

The whole crew says good-bye 

CONFIRMATION

August 1st was a special day

for Ronald, Katiuska, Lizbeth, and Arelis

as they were confirmed at Cristo Redentor

Parish by Bishop William Godfrey

With Pedro Huamani,

 Director of Sagrada Familia

What beautiful young ladies Arelis 

and Lisbeth are becoming!

All the confirmands awaiting

their confirmation

The Bishop lays hands on

Katiuska and Ronald

Following the service with Bishop Godfrey

VACATION FUN!

During the independence days of Peru,

school is off for the entire week....so Tio

Alejandro, and Tias Gloria and Kym decided 

to treat the kids to a movie and an ice cream
on Friday, July 30th.

We went to Shrek 3 and the kids had a blast!

It was interesting for the "Tios Gringos" to

try to follow the story line completely in Spanish!

Thankfully, Shrek movies speak for themselves :)

Pamela, Jimena, Martita, and Juan Diego

Estrella, Yasmin, and Tia Gloria

Wilber and Diego Armando

(and Rosa in the background)

Isela and Tamara

Tio Alejandro is a hit with the

 youngest ones, Jimena and Martita