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El Salvador: Day 2

The second day in El Salvador brought lots of joy to those of us who had never been before. We traveled about 45 minutes to a city called San Miguel. There we went to the Remar Orphanage. This orphanage is for sexually abused girls. Some of them were orphans, some had parents living in the orphanage as well, others had family members that had abused them. Either way, there were about 22 girls who were starved for love and attention...ranging in age from 3-18. When we pulled up, the girls were waiting outside and literally ran to us shouting "Hola!!" and giving us hugs. This day was pretty relaxed at the orphanage. Some of the girls were missing from spending Christmas with their families so we put off all our projects and just hung out with them.

Finished counter project
Cinnamon rolls!
Some of the guys began building a new countertop in the kitchen  and Cheryl (one of the ladies on the trip) made cinnamon rolls with the older girls in the other kitchen. The orphanage had two large bedrooms, which housed all the girls. They all shared one bathroom. There were two kitchens, one for cooking meals and the other where the girls ate. The orphanage also housed a chapel-type area where they had church services.

New mattresses
We were able to buy the girls new mattresses. When the guys started taking a look at the bed frame and springs, we noticed that many of the beds were held together with pieces of blankets. Those poor girls didn't know what a nice bed felt like! We fixed the springs and then brought the new mattresses in.






Tania & Walter looking at my camera
Joe & Tania
The girls loved, loved, loved our cameras! They enjoyed taking pictures of themselves and everything around them. You could hand them your camera and they would come back in an hour with 300 pictures on it! They always took great care of the cameras as well. They were a huge fan of Scott's iPad and always asked to look at "photo grande" (big pictures)...it was amazing how fast they learned how to use the iPad!

We spent the evening of Day 2 preparing ourselves for all the fun with the girls in the next two days ahead!!! :)

Me & Tania
Some of our group!
Scott & Rebecca

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