So after buying the tables...we didn't have anymore cash, so this morning we took a trip to the nearest big city, Piura, to take some out. Its about 45 minutes away, and we went with a group from the bishops house so it took all morning, and until a little bit past lunch. This afternoon we went to the home to speak with the women in charge about the health of the two youngest children. Because of our language barrier we aren't completely clear about what is being done for them, but she did say they are being helped some how. Apparently they have very thin limbs and a huge stomach because they were at one point malnourished, but when they were refed, they didn't form muscle like they should have. She said that they are eating plenty now, and simply need therapy to help them build muscle. She also said that she still needs to look into therapy, but we would really like to get the kids blood tested to make sure that they don't have parasites or any other problems.
Fortunately we found out which parish zone the home is in, so tomorrow we plan to visit and speak with the person in charge of catechetics for the parish. We hope to have a cathecetics team come out and teach the kids once a week or so. They go to Mass every week but they need more formal teaching in our faith.
We did some looking around at furniture prices and have some good ideas. Also not sure if we mentioned that the tables we had made for the home have arrived and they are gorgeous! Nothing special really, they are very simple, but made a huge improvement!
Thanks again to everyone who is helping us help these kids!
Andrea and Kelli
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