Romar!

I had the opportunity of going to an off sight orphanage about 30 min away from Cuenca. This orphanages motto is no child turned away. As you walk up to the house all the kids come running towards you just wanting to hug you and although they have lice and look like they havent bathed in months you just dont care because these children have nothing and all they want is a hug and to know they are loved. There are about 40 children at this orphanage and that is pretty big compared to the ones we are at everyday. They all pretty much just run around and take care of each other. There is a story about a group that came to give every child a pair of shoes there and one of the boys wouldnt take one because he knew that others needed them more.Although all he had was one pair of worn out shoes. These are the kind of people these kids are! So sweet and just love everyone and the only thing that they want is attention and to be played with. While a few of us were there another Catholic group came to do a activity with the kids. They had face painting and games and cake and it was just a party! Although I have no idea what really went on because I dont speak spanish. It was a great experience to see a really poor orphanage and to realize how much we really have.... like 40 pairs of shoes... Some of the children got ahold of the face paint and decided to paint all over my face! It was fun and such a mess!

                                      And this is how we came out of Remar looking like....

                                           Day out on the town with Jenni!

                                         Jennis bite mark from a little boy in Allegria

Unfortunately I cant put any pictures up of the kids in the orphanages on the internet because it has something to do with the protection of the kids and the government can shut down OSSO because of it soo.... pictures of the kids will be shown once i get home