The week end ...

The week end was quite busy, as usual...
Marvin went to visit his family and had asked Frank for some money to go over.
He hadn't seen any of his family members for several years.
Very proudly he talked about the college he is attending. He also mentioned that a generous guy from Palm Springs is paying the rent for a room so he doesn't have to sleep in the streets any more and he has a place to make his homework.
Everybody of his family was doing fine, and it was a great experience seeing them again after such a long time!
He had taken his bike on the bus because the road to Masaya is all the way up...
But if he came back by bike, he had enough money left to treat his family to a bottle of soda.
So that is exactly what he did!

Ana Maria came by today with a severe pain in her tummy.
She had her appendicitis removed, they had closed her up and sent her "home".
She needed a good pain killer... Luckily Harry, a doctor, was staying here at the hotel and he had what it took to relieve her pain.

Jose Angel came by as well...
He had slipped in the pouring rain and had fallen on his hand (again).
Lucky for him, this time he didn't need stitches.

Also... I finally met "Doña Esperanza".
She is the dearest elderly lady whom sells food on the market.
All dishes are 20 cordobas, or 1 buck.
There was chicken and pork. She had fish and beef.
The chavalos had been talking about Doña Esperanza a lot, and I was very glad to have met her.
The reason why all the chavalos adore her and talk a lot about her is because she gives away free food that hasn't been sold on time to the street kids. Usually it isn't much, but it is a great help.
The group of chavalos that I buy food for on Saturdays seems to be getting bigger and bigger. "The little Ant" from Managua was present as well. He was lucky twice, because there was one shirt left from the box that was sent by Jeff. And the small shirt fitted him perfectly!

This reminds me to ask all of you to keep sending a little something (every month!). Times have never been this bad in Nicaragua. The donations are more and more important in these kid's lives. Food, flip flops, medical care, a haircut or a pair of decent shorts... The demand is always bigger than the offering. Please see what you can do.. even if it is sending an email to a couple of friends to tell them about this Blog.

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http://chavalosdegranada.blogspot.com/

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