Today I visited one of the local orphanages here in Granada. There are about 18 girls and I´m not sure how many little boys live there. They attend school at the orphanage and are learning English as well. They allowed me to come in and the nun went and got the children. All of the children came up to me and were hugging me. One girl asked me to speak English and she spoke a little bit of English to me. Ahhhh.....my heart strings were definitely pulled. I had to bite my lip to not cry. I took a couple of pictures and will post them soon. The girls were so sweet and seemed to be well taken care of, but don´t have families to give them love. As I walked out of the orphanage I was left speechless and tears flowing down my cheeks. It breaks my heart and I wish I could take every single one of them home with me. I wish I had brought some of my spanish children´s books with me to give to them. I hadn´t planned on coming to Nicaragua or to the orphange or I would have brought some......Next time. I just thought I´d share a little bit about my day with you.
About Me
- meimers
- My name is Mary and I currently live in Northern Virginia (right outside of Washington D.C.). I really like this area. It's a little bit crazy here, and people are always in a big, fat, hurry...but there's so much to do here. I work with preschool aged children and really love it. I'm taking a leave of absence for a year to travel the world...or part of the world I guess.
1 comment:
uI am really enjoying following your travels thru your blog. I don't always leave a comment but I check in every day to see if you have written anything new. I am glad that you are having a good time. Love ya,
Aunt Denise
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