August 1 ~ Valerie

Today David’s team visited the local school. The children were a bid shy, but warmed up during our visit. We brought them some supplies: notebooks, colored pencils, rulers, paper and some posters. We gave them to the grateful teacher who shared them with the kids. We colored some pages from a coloring book, the kids were so eager to please us and were so happy to give us their completed pictures. The kids only go to school for ½ day and only 3 days per week. Education isn’t as valued in Guatemala. Visiting the children and interacting with them was an amazing experience and I hope that it opens their mind to consider what exists outside their village community. I will think of them often.