Mexico: Day Three
We split up and some of us went to the church and some of us went to La Casa de Esperanza. The group at the church just about finished the painting, but most of the day was spent trying to set up some walls for the shower. The single most frustrating thing about this trip has been hardware. When we go, we can’t talk to anyone about sizes, and they are out of at least half of the things we could possibly use. It is at least 20 minutes in to town and then it is a shot in the dark as to whether or not they will have what we need. So we have been trying to make it work, but it hasn’t been. We also got most of the pipes in to connect up the hot water heater. In the afternoon, one group went to town to get diapers and formula for La Casa. In the morning while we were there, there was a toddler that had peed his diaper, but they wouldn’t change it until he pooped because they were so low on diapers. It was so sad to see his face. And with the language barrier, we couldn’t really figure out what to do, so we just bought them some more. We also helped them make a bunch of tamales for a wedding, and just played with the kids. The kids are so sweet and starved for attention. There are just so many of them.
Some of the cool things that are happening at La Casa is that they are helping the battered women that seek refuge there to create businesses to become self sufficient. They are using some of the sewing machines that have been donated to make uniforms because all of the school children in Mexico have to wear uniforms. They are making tortillas and selling them, so we bought like 200 tortillas to bring home. They are also getting licensed to run a day care to generate income and help out the community.
