Today was another good day. I was the only one in the nursery so I couldn’t leave and help Paula. I think that she was sad I wasn’t able to help. She gave me a big hug when I left today and reminded me to bring my camera so we could get a picture on Thursday!
One of the girls associated with Buckner, Melissa, came up to the nursery and she was able to clarify some more things for me. Maria was left at the side of the road, but she is currently up for adoption and the paper work for her adoption is already underway…she thinks. There had been a previous attempt to adopt Luis, but he was found in a garbage can at the side of the road and has no papers, and so the adoption could not go through. They still don’t have the papers for him. I found out that he’s 2 ½ and so is Jenny. Jenny has 3 siblings in the orphanage, although not the ones that I originally thought. She was gone yesterday for what Melissa thought to be a judge hearing with her parents. The kids were abused and I think that the court was deciding what to do. These are all speculations that would make more sense after Melissa translated the sign posted in the nursery.
Jenny was back today and full of smiles and laughter...before her sad afternoon.Rosita left and Antonita came in at first but I didn’t see her all day. After Nelzo, Marita, and Oliver fell asleep I took Luis and Jenny out to play with the other kids on the playground. They really enjoyed being outside and playing on the playground with the other kids. Jenny got to play with one of her sisters and Luis got to play in the water, climb up the slide, and hobble around. They both are too cute! When it was time to go in though, Jenny screamed and screamed and screamed uncontrollably because she didn’t want to leave her sister. It seems silly, but I had such a huge and sad realization that I can never completely understand the sadness and pain of abandonment that she was feeling. It was so sad!
I got picked up late at work today so I was there for all of lunch. They were thankful for my help. Some other things I figured out today, there are two groups from Buckner. One is an internship program that is down in Guatemala for a month and the other is just volunteers here for a week. One of the girls in the week long volunteer program came up to the nursery. She was enjoyable to talk to, and now I know that I'll be able to have someone up in the nursery so I can help Paula on my last day with her. It was a pretty uneventful day, but a good one.
We went to some traditional Mayan saunas today. It was a long drive for only a little bit of time in the sauna. The surrounding area was absolutely beautiful, but the saunas were a little over rated. The attraction is that they are naturally heated by the surrounding mountains, the same mountains where the hot springs are.
We're all showered and ready for dinner. I'm tired today. I stayed up late last night to finish reading, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer. It's about a little boy with autism who's dad died in 9/11. It was a sad book, I cried at the end, but I had a hard time putting it down. I'm excited for a good night's sleep! :)
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