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We started the day with breakfast at the Green Frog Inn.
We then went to the Guamilito market (Mercado de Artisanias Guamilito). There was an amazing variety of "stuff" available there -- it looked a lot like a bazaar in the Middle East! We saw women making tortillas, and people selling trinkets and arrays of "useful things".
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Before leaving Guamilito, we stopped in a cigar shop for some coffee and a few of us picked up some cigars for friends. The owner was quite friendly and visited us for a while.
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Our visit to La Esperanza de Jesus (The Hope of Jesus) Children's Homewas led by Mike Miller -- Mike and his wife Kim are SAMS missionaries and have founded, built, and led the children's home. They currently have 16 children living there, and are dedicated to providing them a Christ-based opportunity for a better life. The goal of the home is that by the time every child
leaves, they either are trained in a trade, or are prepared to enter a
university.
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Most of the children were actually not at the home as they were away for an event. We did meet a few who were watching a movie, and the usual "tag-along" kids that followed us around.
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The facility was very nicely landscaped and clean, with buildings facing each other in a park-like setting. The dormitories housed 8 children each, with a resident adult (the "house mother"), and included a kitchen, eating area, common room, and dorm rooms.
<<Loren>>
Thank you !
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