galletas, zapatos y pulseras (6/29/11)

Today after I read the 10 o'clock story to the kids, a little 2-year-old boy came into the classroom whining to the teacher. He wanted his cookies. (After listening to the story at 10 am, all the kids are given a package of cookies.) The teacher asked him if he had listened to the story, and he shook his head no. She said if he would listen to it now, she would give him his cookies. Then he said he didn't want to listen to the story, but only wanted the cookies! Finally the adorable munchkin decided the cookies were worth listening to a story. He was the cutest little boy, and I enjoyed watching his personality for the remainder of the day.

It's so neat when the kids come up to me and wrap their arms around me. I regret that I have the memory of a goldfish when it comes to names; however, I did remember Julieta's name and she was one of the kids who ran to me and embraced me. She had remembered the other day that I told her we could make bracelets, so a few of us made gospel bracelets and I explained the significance of each of the colors.

Later, I helped sort the zapatos. We had four large tables where we spread out new and barely used shoes. We had a list of what size each child needed, so we bagged shoes up and wrote their names on the bags.



muchos zapatos





After lunch, my mom and I started making the gospel bracelets so we could pass them out on Thursday. By the end, we churned out 164 bracelets!

A little later in the day, we went into the city of San Ramón to check it out. I much prefer the city of Heredia to that of San Ramón; however, we did encounter a Cosechas, so I was content that I could share the deliciousness with my parents.

Later in the night, my parents told me that they had decided to sponsor a child! We were given a big bag of pictures of the children who do not yet have sponsors. Six photos were set out of "recommendations." (We had wanted a younger child so we will be able to sponsor them longer.) As soon as my dad saw the pictures, he said "pick two." So we picked out a little girl and a little boy. And again, with my goldfish-like memory, I can't remember their names, but I am very excited to meet them tomorrow!


"new additions" to the Hill family