Thanks, Luis

Luis, one of the tutors (houseparents) for Sagrada Familia brought by a panel to send back to the States with the St. Matthew´s team. I do think the symbols for the Apostles are even better than on the previous one. Kudos, of course, to Tía Nani. By the way- can you identify the symbols of the twelve apostles?? Try it.

Medals

Medalist this year were Diego and José. There medals were for track in inter-school events. Great job, boys!

New Dance

José was in a new dance this year. Cool! A chance for manly sword-fight.

Jonathan, who I nicknamed "the Runner," shows off his stuff in the dances which were very good this year. Then Maricruz does her dance. Notice how much more mature Maricruz appears now? How can it be? Our little Casas kids are growing up!

Mothers' Day

Mothers' Day is alway one we try to soften for our Casas kids. We encourage them to give a card to a special Tía in their life. This year we had "big doin´s" at San Lucas where our kids really got involved as you can see.

Do You Know the Names of the Apostles??

Well, our Casa Hogar Sagrada Familia kids do. In a creative sewing project our adolescents learned how to hand sew 4 types of buttons, patch tears in clothing, and run our new SEWING MACHINE. Thanks to Tía Nani´s God-inspired project, the teens really learned about the different Apostles. Each one with his own symbol and particular role in the ministry. Boy, did the kids feel loved on!

New Duds

A few Sundays ago I snapped this of the Casas kids in some of their new duds thanks to the "Roof Dog" team! They brought down school shoes, but because or having to reschedule their flight down, they weren´t able to bring everything they had planned to bring. Now we have received the remaining tennis shoes that had to come down via other teams. WOOF!