Happy Birthday

Birthday Girl, Cindy!!! Happy Happy Birthday Cindy!!! She has came a loooooonnnnng way in the 6 1/2 years she has been here. God has worked and molded her little heart. I still pray that there continues to be healing upon her heart in places that are wounded.

I am proud of you Cindy Lou!!!

Soccer teams

 In April a group was here and they donated to CASA some soccer uniforms.The kids became very excited about their new uniforms. Although I wasn't too sure when we would get to use them because I didn't want them to be play clothes. I the kids had their way they would be wearing them every day. We set one set of uniforms aside for CASA and donated the others to the local school.
Last week a team took the kids out to eat and to play soccer after church. Bryan had the idea that they could wear the soccer uniforms, finally. After church many of the kids were scrabbling to change their clothes and get their soccer uniforms. The kids wore their new uniforms with pride.

GOOOOOO TEAM CASA!!!!

Daniela, Korbin, and Fernando (above)

Sisi and Rosy (below)

Cindy, Bryan, Jose, Jackson, Sisi, Korbin, Daniela, Rosy, and Josue

Cris

Happy Birthday Cris Anderson!!!!!!!

Indians

 July 20th here in Honduras they celebrate a hero Indian Lempira. In all of the schools here they learn about Lempira but on July 20th they take this special day to remember their hero. Several of the kids got dressed up as Indians as they had special festivities at school today. Hope you enjoy some of the pics of our CASA Indians.

Maryuri (above), Fernando (below)

Lupe

Cindy

The boys! Cris, Fernando, and Jose

Daniela

Yair

Yair got enrolled in Teleton this year. He is a little delayed with his speech and other aspects or a 3 year old. So they are working with him to improve his speech and such. A few weeks ago he got put in pre-kinder class at Teleton. We were a little worried about how it would all work out because it meant going to Teguc every day or his appointments. Although we have an excellent staff member, (Deborah) who helps with most of the Teleton appointments. He loves getting to go with Deborah on the bus. They leave here most mornings around 6:30 and get back around 1:00. The class is only 6 to 8 weeks I believe. Hope that this helps him in his development.
This was Deborah and Yair this morning before they headed off to catch the bus.

Reina

Reina has been in Teleton for several years now. Although last week she had her graduation.
Because of her age she is no longer going to be attending Teleton. She is 14 and that is the age limit. So we will be looking for other things for Reina to do. She does continue to go to school every day with the other children. She attends the 4th grade class.
Nicole is looking for other options for her. As we might put her in a special trade school in Tegucigalpa. As for now she will be working with Deborah once a week and learning how to cook.
Reina has had a lot of mixed emotions through all of this. She is excited that she graduated but at the same time she is sad she will not continue to get to go to Teleton. She has formed a special bond with the employee (Deborah) that takes her to Teleton. So she is sad she will not get to be spending and more one on one time with her. So that is why we made the choice to let her go cook with her once a week.

So proud of Reina and all that she has accomplished and is becoming.

Bryan

Last month at visitation Bryan's mom told him she had went to the judge's office and she hoped to soon have Bryan home with her again. Which meant he would be leaving CASA. I don't have a lot of say in that at times. His mom went off to the bathroom and he told me he really didn't want to go. I told him he needed to tell her but he said he was afraid she would be mad at him. The judge is the one makes the final decisions. Well Bryan's mom told me she had already went to the judges office and that she needed a letter of recommendation from me. She wanted it that very day but I told her I didn't know how the judge exactly wanted the letter that she was asking for. So Bryan and I made plans and we were going to go to the judges office and talk to her. 

Bryan was very torn about what he wanted and scared about what might happen. He said he would make the choice and talk to the judge about what he wanted and hoped the judge would listen. Don't get me wrong he loves his family but he just knows for his education and such he needed to stay here at CASA. 

One day last week Marc took Bryan and me to the judges office. We came to find out the judge was on vacation and we would have to come back next week. So Marc went back with him on Monday and the judge talked to Bryan and Marc. She asked Bryan what he wanted. He said he wanted to stay here to they wrote up an act and had Marc and Bryan sign it stating that Bryan would continue to live here at CASA. 

That was a huge relief for Bryan. Now he is dreading seeing his mom next week at visitation. He's not too sure how to tell her that he doesn't want to leave here. He is afraid she will be angry. So praying peace over his heart and understanding for his mom as they see each other next week at visitation.

Maryuri

Happy Belated Birthday Maryuri! She has been here with us now at CASA for 6 1/2 years. She has spent more of her life here than with her mom. She is 9 years old. Trying to encourage her and have her take more responsibility. She can be very lazy, defiant, and challenging at times. We are struggling in general with her over all attitude in school, teleton, and at home. Praying that there will be a break through

. Happy Birthday Maryuri Alejandra!!!!!