Happy Thanksgiving

Thanks for all the Thanksgiving messages I received. Thursday was actually no different than any other day here. I heard they celebrated Thanksgiving last year with a Turkey that was cooked in the new stove that was purchased with donations from my co-workers and parents, but for some reason they did not keep the tradition up this year. So it was bean soup for lunch and something other than turkey for dinner. We did have some pumpkin bread though. Someone donated a bunch of cut and peeled pumpkin to Amor y Vida, more than they could use so they were nice enough to send a large box full over here to Casa Corazón to share. It was not quite pumpkin pie, but similar.
Carlos Mauricio has almost completed his first week living in our casa with the older guys. He is very happy now and we are all very happy to have him with us. Following in his younger brother Isaac's footsteps, when we went to church he gave his money to the three other boys to put in the collection basket. Their grandmother has done a great job of raising these two boys as they both behave so well and so eagerly share their things with the other boys. I took Carlos out to buy him a few new cloths yesterday because he had very few when he arrived and has had to do laundry almost every other day. When we got home he wanted to give one of his three new pairs of underwear to Maynor so he would have some new ones too. It was a nice gesture on his part. We spent a nice morning in the city together to shop and talk alone about his Mother. He is still dealing with the sadness of losing her less than a month ago. His grandmother was too sad and greeving to talk to Isaac about his mother dying but she asked that we wait and let her tell him. So Carlos has had to keep it secret to himself ever since he arrived. He told me that although she left for the U.S. almost five years ago, she called them and sent photos to keep in touch so they were still close after the long separation.