Sewing classes

A few months ago Donna came here for a weekend to teach the girls sewing classes. She has got all of the girls their own sewing kits. This weekend they got to use their sewing kits. 

Well she is going to try to come every few months. This last weekend she came for the second round of classes. She was wanting to buy an manual sewing machine to teach the girls. Although right across the street Mi Esperanza has their sewing classroom. So they let her use it with the girls through the weekend. Thanks Lori and Janet. Hopefully it will be a facility she can continue to use as she teaches the girls.

Ana

 The girls got to make their own headbands/ hair clips. They have worn their stuff they made I think every day. They love them. The best part if they made them.

 Guadalupe

 Rosy

The older girls got to make a pattern and sew a simple shirt. Donna teaching Daniela to sew her shirt.
Thank you Donna for coming and teaching the girls. It looks like she will be back in October to teach the girls some more.

Happy Birthday Pamela

 Pamela turned 17 last week. She is the oldest of all of the kids. She has been here at CASA now for 7 years. We have seen her grow up into a beautiful young lady.

Happy happy happy Birthday Pamela!!!!

Playground

The kids are all SUPER excited as they have a new playground. After a few weeks of teams working on our Pinterest playground it is finished. Thanks to all of you who help with the funding, the building, and painting. A team was here today and put the final coat of stain on the playground. So it should be all dry and the kids can play on it tomorrow.

Garden

The kids got a lesson last week on how to take care of a garden. There are two Harding students who are here working in Honduras for the summer and they took an afternoon to talk to the kids. They learned what a raised bed was and how they work.
A handful of the kids helped fill the bed with dirt and fertilizer. They even helped plant tomatoes, green peppers, squash, and onions. Fernando and Josue are pretty excited about getting to water the plants. Dorian is working on putting a fence up to keep the kids and dogs out.
Hopefully soon we will have some good vegetables to eat.

Summer is here

Things are busy here at CASA as we have several groups starting off the summer helping here at CASA. The rock wall little by little is being taken down and a new block wall is being put up. I am excited to see it all finished. It is a lot of hard work. So little by little a group works on a section and hopefully by the end of the summer we will have a lot done. This will be good for security. 

Also there is a group here building a nice and sturdy playground for the kids. The kids can hardly wait to play on the new playground. 

The kids love getting to see familiar faces and meeting new ones. They also love to jump in and and help out in whatever way they can.

Excited for the summer and all that it brings.