Feb. Newsletter

February 2009

February started off with getting uniforms, bookbags, and supplies ready for school. The children started back to school February 13th. They are going to a different school this year which is a little further up the road. The move was made as this is hopefully a better school. We have stayed busy with all of the activities surrounding the beginning of the school year. Just getting the children up and ready for school on time is a major undertaking most days. Add homework and parent/teacher conferences and the days become very challenging here at Casa.
Dorian is continuing college and spends a lot of time studying and struggling through some of his classes. He is doing very well and he teases me when he shows me some of his tests about putting them on the fridge. So on the fridge they are!!! I am very proud of him.
We are also working hard at stocking the Casa store, getting it ready for all the visitors this summer. We are trying to be ready when the groups start coming and hope to have some items available on a blog that can be ordered and mailed to purchasers. We have found a lot of very new awesome items to place in the Casa store.
Rosita has begun school at Manos Felizes. The school is in Tegucigalpa so it is a daily challenge to get her to school and picked back up. So far we are managing but it makes for a long day for her.
On school days, Doris is the only child left at Casa during the day. Doris came to live with us last May and has made tremendous progress but continues to learn. We have a meeting on March 9th at Teleton (special needs school) to have Doris evaluated and enrolled. This school will be able to work on the areas that Doris needs most. So we are hoping that she will be able to begin classes this month.
This month has also brought us two more children to our home. Anita and Jose came to us from another children's home where they had been for over two years. The problem with them being at the other home was it was an all boys home. Anita somehow ended up there with her brother Jose. She was kept separate from the boys and stayed in a room with staff. Anita and Jose are missing their friends but are transitioning as best they can. Hopefully soon they will feel the love we feel for them here.

Blessings on you and yours.

Dorian and Karen Guido