The school year is over for the children of Casa Hogar La Familia, and everyone is looking forward to their summer vacation, which is only 4 weeks in the Mexican School System. Several of our children graduated this year, so we want let all of the friends of La Familia to know who they are:
- Sandra graduated from Elementary School
- Yivel graduated from Middle School
- Suri and Abi graduated from High School
- Abi will be attending the University in the Fall
For the graduation party, Silvia, Damaly and their helpers made grilled meat with beans, guacamole, grilled onions and cactus with a green sauce.
Juan Francisco’s and Silvia’s son, Aleksei and his family were able to spend several days visiting the casa. Aleksei made lemon water with mint and delicious Chia, and for dessert, they brought cake and made gelatin. Silvia and Juan were so excited to spend time with their newest grandbaby, Eliett.
The Lighthouse team arrived on August 1st to spend a week with the children. They worked on clearing the field in preparations for a soccer field being installed by a local vendor. Lighthouse hosted a one-day VBS for the children or the casa and church families. We were also able to spend the day at the local water park in Quechaoloc.
Sundays are always a special time for the teams to share in an amazing. Spiritual worship service. It was great seeing Aleksei, Abbey & Suri joining in with the praise team. Josue has been teaching Suri how to play the guitar! Juan does such a great job delivering the message each week.
The team ended the week with a day in Puebla doing a “5-hour culinary tour” and learning about the local foods in Puebla! It was such a fun day!
The next week, all of the children and adults enjoyed some time away from casa and they went to a Selva Azul for two days of fun. They enjoyed white water rafting, swimming and much more!
Silvia has been shopping for the children to prepare them for the new school year by getting them new shoes, socks and under garments thanks to a donation from Fishersville UMC, VA
