Moving along

I am still here at the casa, 3 more weeks before time to head back to Va. again. Things have been going along as normal. It is hotter than ever; 104 degrees Friday and Sat., 107 on Sunday and supposed to be the same today. And no it is not a "dry" heat like Arizona, it is sticky. It is so hot inside our house that it burns when you touch the table or kitchen counters. No, we don't have a/c. My toothpaste has melted into toothliquid and the liquid hand soap is very hot when you use it. It was 120 degrees when I was in Egypt years ago and this heat is way worse than that desert heat was.

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Kimberly, the youngest girl at thee casa, went back to live with her mother. It was a little sad because she was doing so well here. She had recently learned to walk on her own and she had been moving about the casa alot. She was eating really well and gained a lot a weight, a real chubby little girl. That was the main reason for her coming here; to get well and in good health. The sad part was that her brother, probably 2 years older than her is skinny as a twig and really malnourished. The grandfather says he does not like beans or vegetables so they don't make him eat either. The fear is that will happen to her when she returned to her family. They talked to the family services people who said since the mother placed her here at the casa voluntarily she can take her home when she wants and there is nothing they can do. We will pray for the best for her and hopefully the family will put into practice the nutricion advice they were given.

I went to lunch yesterday with Darwin and Mauricio. Darwin is my friend who grew up at casa Amor y Vida and left there 2 years ago. He lives about 2 hours from here and comes every other month to the hospital for his check up and get his HIV medicines. We always go to lunch when he is in town. It is nice to keep up with him after he left the area. He started back to school in Feb. after being out a year due to missing paperwork he was never given when he left Amor y Vida. Mauricio had his hospital visit the same day and came along with Darwin who me met through me in the past. Mauricio lived in my casa for 2 years and returned to his family, living with his aunt and uncle, in Dec. He is doing well and is growing a lot.