We are about to head up to the mountains with the bishop!! We are very excited, everyone says its really beautiful there! We get back tomorrow night! Today we prepared some more walls for painting, and just hung out with the kids! Some good news is that as soon as we walked in we noticed Maria sitting at the table. Thats the girl that ran away. Not sure what happened or how they found her but she seemed more friendly and talkative than normal... strange. Anyways we're praying for all of you!
-Kelli and Andrea!
Monday, October 18, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
10/17/10
Today we woke up had breakfast and then got ready for Mass. Then we went and met the kids at the albergue and went with them to Mass. It was much different than the Masses we participated in, in Chaclacayo. In Chaclacayo singing seemed to be everyone favorite part of Mass, whereas here the music ministry was less devoloped.
After Mass, we took all of the kids to the part for a while. During the time at the park, a little girl, Maria, probably 12 or 13 years old, went outside of the gate and clearly ran away. The older girls went to search for her, while we stayed with the other children. They could not find her anywhere, she was gone and not coming back. The older girl, Ingrid, said that Maria was new to the home, and did not seem to like it there at all. After a while of searching we all returned back to the albergue (the home) and a few of the older girls went to tell the police. Please pray that she is found, and returns safely.
Most of the children at the home seem smaller and thinner than most kids there age, but there is one boy in particular that appears to be extremely malnourished. In fact, he is the only boy there at the moment, and he is the youngest. His name is Tulio and he is about 19 months old. We spoke to Dr. Anthony Lazzara, who ran the home we just left in Lima, and he told us what needs to be done for him. Hopefully sometime this week we can get him to see a doctor, but if there is not a pediatrician in town there is not much we can do since he needs special treatment. Dr. Lazzara offered to take him into his home in Lima for sick children, when he returns from his trip to the U.S. November 16, if we were not able to find a place here to refeed and care for him. Please pray that there will be a pediatrician here to care for him, or that he'll be able to survive long enough to make it to El Hogar San Francisco de Asis.
We will be going to the mountains with the bishop tomorrow afternoon until Tuesday night.
Keep praying for us!
-Andrea and Kelli
After Mass, we took all of the kids to the part for a while. During the time at the park, a little girl, Maria, probably 12 or 13 years old, went outside of the gate and clearly ran away. The older girls went to search for her, while we stayed with the other children. They could not find her anywhere, she was gone and not coming back. The older girl, Ingrid, said that Maria was new to the home, and did not seem to like it there at all. After a while of searching we all returned back to the albergue (the home) and a few of the older girls went to tell the police. Please pray that she is found, and returns safely.
Most of the children at the home seem smaller and thinner than most kids there age, but there is one boy in particular that appears to be extremely malnourished. In fact, he is the only boy there at the moment, and he is the youngest. His name is Tulio and he is about 19 months old. We spoke to Dr. Anthony Lazzara, who ran the home we just left in Lima, and he told us what needs to be done for him. Hopefully sometime this week we can get him to see a doctor, but if there is not a pediatrician in town there is not much we can do since he needs special treatment. Dr. Lazzara offered to take him into his home in Lima for sick children, when he returns from his trip to the U.S. November 16, if we were not able to find a place here to refeed and care for him. Please pray that there will be a pediatrician here to care for him, or that he'll be able to survive long enough to make it to El Hogar San Francisco de Asis.
We will be going to the mountains with the bishop tomorrow afternoon until Tuesday night.
Keep praying for us!
-Andrea and Kelli
Friday, October 15, 2010
Orphanage Update and Chulucanas
Well the kids helped us to paint two walls today. One blue and one green, for ocean and jungle scenes. Our friends that we made at the home in Lima should be here around the 27th of October to start on the murals. Besides the painting we going to spend alot of time with the children at the home which was great! Not sure what tomorrow's plans are. Maybe we'll paint some more or start cleaning!
Here's an update about us. We are in Chulucanas, a city in the province of Piura, which has about 30 thousand people. We are staying in the bishops home. It is a busy place! We have every meal with a handful of priest and one nun.
We have seen some interesting things here... like pet mini monkeys... yeah. They're so cute! We have already made a lot of friends around the town. Particularly people who work in the hardware stores and around the market! The town seems very busy but in comparison with Lima its pretty chill.
Its extremely hot here during the day. Like the desert and it gets pretty cold here at night and in the early morning. There aren't many cars here, most people use bikes, motorcycles, or moto taxi's, which is like motorcycle turned into a trike. The driver sits on the motorcycle part and the riders sit in the back trike part. Some people have running water, but most people on the outer parts of town don't and they use donkey's to pull carts with big barrels for water to their homes. There are donkeys EVERYWHERE.
The bishop is going on a trip to the mountains from Monday till Tuesday to celebrate and recognize the 25th anniversary of a Franciscan order in their diocese. He invited us to go along with him! We are very excited and hope to be able to go. We agreed to help out a friend both of those days, so we'll see if it happens.
Everyone is extremely friendly here. It truly is just a really nice small town where everyone knows everyone. We feel very welcome and are so happy to be here. Come visit us!
Andrea and Kelli
Here's an update about us. We are in Chulucanas, a city in the province of Piura, which has about 30 thousand people. We are staying in the bishops home. It is a busy place! We have every meal with a handful of priest and one nun.
We have seen some interesting things here... like pet mini monkeys... yeah. They're so cute! We have already made a lot of friends around the town. Particularly people who work in the hardware stores and around the market! The town seems very busy but in comparison with Lima its pretty chill.
Its extremely hot here during the day. Like the desert and it gets pretty cold here at night and in the early morning. There aren't many cars here, most people use bikes, motorcycles, or moto taxi's, which is like motorcycle turned into a trike. The driver sits on the motorcycle part and the riders sit in the back trike part. Some people have running water, but most people on the outer parts of town don't and they use donkey's to pull carts with big barrels for water to their homes. There are donkeys EVERYWHERE.
The bishop is going on a trip to the mountains from Monday till Tuesday to celebrate and recognize the 25th anniversary of a Franciscan order in their diocese. He invited us to go along with him! We are very excited and hope to be able to go. We agreed to help out a friend both of those days, so we'll see if it happens.
Everyone is extremely friendly here. It truly is just a really nice small town where everyone knows everyone. We feel very welcome and are so happy to be here. Come visit us!
Andrea and Kelli
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Day 3 in Chulucanas
Here are some picture of the kids and home. Please keep us all always in your prayers. 
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Day 2 in Chulucanas
Today we were able to purchase some nuts and screws to repair the beds. We fixed them this afternoon, as well as made plans for the rest of the week. Tomorrow we will be cleaning the walls and getting them ready to be painted. We made a friend at our last stop, in Lima, who is an art student. She painted a Finding Nemo mural there and we've asked her to come here for a week or so to paint some murals. Since we are waiting to see if we'll be able to pay for other things we are focusing now on getting everything ready for when she is able to come in a few weeks. Also tomorrow we will be speaking with a local carpenter to see if he'll be able to make bunk beds, cribs, tables and cabinets for the home. Please continue to keep us in your prayers, because that is truly what we need! God will provide!
If you wish to help pay for the improvements at the home, please comment on this message or somehow contact Kelli, Andrea or either of their families. Thank you so much.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Chulucanas Peru
So we left last night around 730 and arrived in Piura this morning at 11. From there we made our way into Chulucanas, a remote town in northern Peru. After a good lunch and some time to rest we went to the alberque "home of refuge" for the very first time. It was shocking to see the great need that this home is in for such basic things. Let me give you an idea. The home is for children whose parents don't want them, are unable to take care of them, abuse or neglect them.
Right now in the home there are 20 children between the ages of 1 and 16. The building that they use is old and dirty, it would be considered an abandoned warehouse if it were in the US. There are 20 children but only 12 beds. There are 20 children and 3 desks pushed together for a dining room table. The beds are falling apart and dangerous because of that. The walls are dirty, white and the paint is chipping. The kitchen is tiny with a four burner stove, it needs to be better, but so does the food situation. They eat when there is food. Sister Maria Luisa who is one of the main ladies in charge told us that some days the children have to go out and beg for food.
They depend solely on donations, but they are few and far between. There is a classroom, with one desk and no books or shelves, where some of the children are tutored. The childrens' clothes are stacked on the floor in either of the three rooms with bunk beds. They don't have much clothing and not all of it is the right size. There are quite a few kids under 3, and they don't have any cribs. The bathrooms are unimaginable for an American. In addition to all of this, because of their family situations the children are very distrustful and clearly have emotional and psychological disorders.
It is our goal while we are here to make this into an appropiate living space. The immediate needs would be to get members of the Chulucanas community to support this project with donations of particularly food, and clothing as well. But there are many other things that need to be done that are going to cost more than we can afford. Tomorrow we hope to repair beds that they currently have, by putting in new screws and such. But there are still 12 beds and 20 kids. With financial support we'll be able to supply them with at least 4 more bunk beds and maybe even a few cribs.
We would also love to buy 2 simple dining room tables, if we were able to do this than the desks that are used to eat on, could be moved into the classroom and used as desks! Tomorrow also we will be going through the clothes on the floor and attempting to organize them as best we can. But cabinets would be amazing...again they cost money.
As soon as we're finished with the clothes, we will start cleaning the walls of the dust, dirt and spider webs. But even with that cleaned, it is still an ugly old warehouse. We would really love to be able to paint at least the common areas in some bright colors to make this home a little more fitting for a handful of children.
Please if you can give anything to help us help these kids please let us know. We haven't figured out how to get the funds, but we are working on that now. Thank you so much for reading this. Check out the pictures and please keep us in your prayers!
Right now in the home there are 20 children between the ages of 1 and 16. The building that they use is old and dirty, it would be considered an abandoned warehouse if it were in the US. There are 20 children but only 12 beds. There are 20 children and 3 desks pushed together for a dining room table. The beds are falling apart and dangerous because of that. The walls are dirty, white and the paint is chipping. The kitchen is tiny with a four burner stove, it needs to be better, but so does the food situation. They eat when there is food. Sister Maria Luisa who is one of the main ladies in charge told us that some days the children have to go out and beg for food.
They depend solely on donations, but they are few and far between. There is a classroom, with one desk and no books or shelves, where some of the children are tutored. The childrens' clothes are stacked on the floor in either of the three rooms with bunk beds. They don't have much clothing and not all of it is the right size. There are quite a few kids under 3, and they don't have any cribs. The bathrooms are unimaginable for an American. In addition to all of this, because of their family situations the children are very distrustful and clearly have emotional and psychological disorders.
We would also love to buy 2 simple dining room tables, if we were able to do this than the desks that are used to eat on, could be moved into the classroom and used as desks! Tomorrow also we will be going through the clothes on the floor and attempting to organize them as best we can. But cabinets would be amazing...again they cost money.
As soon as we're finished with the clothes, we will start cleaning the walls of the dust, dirt and spider webs. But even with that cleaned, it is still an ugly old warehouse. We would really love to be able to paint at least the common areas in some bright colors to make this home a little more fitting for a handful of children.
Please if you can give anything to help us help these kids please let us know. We haven't figured out how to get the funds, but we are working on that now. Thank you so much for reading this. Check out the pictures and please keep us in your prayers!
Friday, October 1, 2010
Its Official
Things are going great here, but yesterday a new vounteer came, and two more will arrive today. Also the doctor told us even more will be coming as we move further into October. Because there will be so many volunteers, it is time for us to move on to a place where our help is much more needed.We will leave October 10th at 930pm for the Province of Piura, and arrive there the very next day around noon. From there we will be going to a city called Chulucanas. While there we will be staying at the Bishops home, and working with abandoned children who live at the home that they have their. We are very excited, the home in Chulucanas is very simple and poor and we can't wait to contribute as much as we can. If you'd like to read about either of the homes here are the websites.
http://www.villalapazfoundation.org/
http://www.diocesisdechulucanas.org/english/orphanage.htm#titulo
Also for those of you who are kind enough to mail things to us, please do not mail anything after tomorrow at the latest because we probably will not get it in time before we leave.
http://www.villalapazfoundation.org/
http://www.diocesisdechulucanas.org/english/orphanage.htm#titulo
Also for those of you who are kind enough to mail things to us, please do not mail anything after tomorrow at the latest because we probably will not get it in time before we leave.
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