Hola! This is Haley here, Danny and Kim put me to worth writing
a blog. I’m new to this. I’ve never blogged in my life so please be patient.
I’m going to tell you what I’ve experienced just from being here since Tuesday
afternoon and I’m always going to tell you about Jeferson getting to meet his
sponsors!!! Exciting right? I’ll start by telling you about Jeferson and his
sponsors. Jeferson is a little boy who is ten years old and it’s sponsored by a
couple and their son. (I didn’t get permission to write the sponsor’s name in
this blog so they can just be anonymous for now!) Jeferson also has a smile
like no other, he’s adorable! Anyway, so on Tuesday night me, Danny, and Vilma
headed to town to pick up little Jeferson and take him to the mission house
where his sponsors were staying. Naturally Jeferson is going to be a little
nervous. We drive across town which took us about 40 minutes or so? Then when
we finally arrive it was obvious how nervous Jeferson is. The family then took
us on a tour of their mission house that they stay in and it was very very
nice, very big also! I should have already mentioned that his sponsors were
here on a mission trip, but they were with about 35 other people. So you can
only imagine how nervous little Jeferson was standing around tons of people
that he can’t understand. (Trust me; I know how confusing it is.) Around 7 or
so walked down stairs to eat, and I being from the states didn’t think anything
about eating Domino’s pizza. Jeferson was so excited about that pizza, that’s
the first time he has ever had pizza. He ate at least five pieces of pizza and
then got to take a box of pizza back home with him too! Right before we started
to leave his sponsors brought out a ton of new clothes and a brand new bicycle.
You should have seen Jeferson’s face! Priceless! He was so happy! He started
hugging everyone. Then Jeferson passed out on the way home, hahaha! He was one
happy/ tired little boy! I saw Jeferson today at the feeding center with his
brand new bicycle. He’s so proud! Thank you to Jeferson’s sponsors for
everything! He’s still smiling ear to ear.
Now I’m just going to share a little
bit about my trip so far! I arrived around 12:30 Tuesday afternoon. On Tuesday
we visited some of the kids that the Buena Vista Project sponsors. By far some
of the sweetest kids I have ever met in my life. From the second I laid eyes on
them I knew that I was where God wanted me to be. I just want to take every
single one of them home and let them live with me. If adoption was open over
here I promise that I would have at least 82 new brothers and sisters. (Sorry
mom). Everything here is so different but so simple and so beautiful. These
kids can go days with little food and water and they’re still much happier than
any kids I’ve ever met. My name here is hard to pronounce so it’s like they
call me Heidi. It makes me smile every single time. Tuesday night is when I
went to the mission house with Danny, Jeferson, and Vilma! Wednesday was a very
laid back day! I got to meet Evelin, which is the little girl my parents
sponsor, and she was absolutely adorable. So sweet! Greeted me with a hug and
so did her brothers and sisters. (I almost just wrote hermano instead of
brother, I guess it’s getting to me.) She looks so much like my adopted sister
Yuri, who is also Guatemalan, that it’s scary! Thursday we worked at the office
some of the day then I tagged along and went to the feeding center with Danny!
I don’t know why our kids in the state aren't as
sweet as these Guatemalan children. I absolutely loved getting all the hugs and
kisses. People here are so welcoming. There were probably about 30 people in
the feeding center, so Danny covered a bible story and then the kids ate. Friday night I went to the youth night and got to be around a lot of teenagers my age. I really enjoyed that. I forgot how much I liked being around people my age! Saturday morning we went to the feeding center and in to town for some groceries. So far one of my favorite things was the church service on Sunday morning. It was just a blessing for me to get to watch other people worship in another language. It's something I never thought I would get to do. I
never really realized how good I have it at home until now. Being here with
these families make you realize that you take a lot of things in your everyday
life for granted. I’m just glad that I’m getting to be here and experience all
of this. Prayers are always appreciated and I think Danny and Kim would agree! Please
say a prayer for Kim and her family. She lost her grandmother Thursday morning.
Oh, and Happy late Valentine’s Day. :)
