Today was a day of old sounds, sights, and smells. Rip dropped the three of us off at Casa Bernabe. Casa Bernabe is an orphanage located in Vera Cruz. It was about 40 minutes from our house and we were super pumped to go visit our old friends there. Casa houses children from the ages of 2 to 18. Most of these kids have living parents but the government has seen them to be unfit. Because of this, a lot of these "orphans" have been at this location for a large part of their lives.
Delanie and I were most excited to see a few of these kids. For the past three years we have stayed at Casa and have some very close friends there. Two of the teens are our closest buds. Maryuri (or Margie as P calls her) and Isamar are two beautiful girls that we have really bonded with. We were so excited when we finally saw them walking to their dorm where we were waiting for them on a couple of rocking chairs (seems kind of creepy now that I think about it). We embraced each other and told them of our plans to stay in Nicaragua for the summer. We caught up on life, laughed and introduced them to Margaret. It was great to see some familiar faces : )
We also got a chance to see Delanie's three sisters. Freydel, Daroling, and Mileydi were happy to see us and they have already grown since the last time we saw them. We gave them some goodies that Mom (Lynn) sent to them and they were very thankful for that (everything fit well Mil!).
Rip picked us up around 5:30 and we drove home for the day. We stopped at a bakery to buy some hamburger buns and went back to our place to cook (talk about craving American food!). We are beat, but it was a wonderful day and we were blessed to have this experience.
Now here are a few interesting tid bits of the day...
1. Milk comes in a bag
2. Ketchup is super sweet (We miss you, Heinz!)
3. Bug spray does NOT always work
4. Orphans mow the lawn by using giant, sharp machetes
I am today what yesterday has made me; tomorrow I shall be changed by today's experiences.
xoxo
Priscilla and Delanie
Hi Dil, Del, and Margret- too! I am so glad you got there so early in your trip. I bet they were all so happy to see you. Delanie, did the girls respond well to you? I love you guys and miss you tons. We handed out more bracelets tonight. Promise you are being prayed for constantly.
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