Saturday !!

First of all... thank you Elisabeth for your contribution to help out the Chavalos!

Several of the Chavalos came by today, as they usually do, to say thank you for the delicious food that Doña Esperanza prepared for them.
It is nice for them to have something to look forward too!

Little Enrique had stepped in some glass and had a nasty cut in his big tow.
Fortunately, he was wearing flip flops. Otherwise it would have been far worse.
Some Betadine and a band aid took care of that.
I told him to come by tomorrow, to see if it is not infected.
Living in the streets and not having a shower is not a good thing.
It's even worse when one is sick or wounded.

I talked to one of the kids that is going to school all week and takes computer classes on Saturday.
Every time he comes here, usually Saturday evening, he is so tired and has a bad head ache.
He really needs some Aspirin every week. I talked to him to find out if the extra classes on Saturday maybe weren't too much for him. What he told me was almost shocking to me, having been pampered all my young life by a caring mother.

He has to get up early in the morning to make his homework. While he is studying, he is cooking his own breakfast, usually rice, beans and platanos.
Then, he goes to school, and as soon as he gets back, he has to wash his uniform in a tub, dry it and iron it to look sharp the next day. He needs to go and buy stuff to cook his own food in the evening and then clean his room and his shoes.
Most of these things got done by my mother. This 16 year old boy does have a mother, but she is terribly ill and can not take care of her children. He actually has to take care of her!
Kids all over the world... if you read this, count your blessings next time you complain that you don't own the latest iPod touch or your mother ask you to do a chore!!