Giving Baskets

Last week, Kara and Lauren went shopping for the 13 families of the children that attend Maria's daycare. These are the children that are currently there. They did not need uniforms made for school, so instead we bought each family a basket full of toilet paper, rice, beans, sugar, salt, maseca (tortilla mix), soap, oil, a dish rag, a sponge, incaparina (a milk powder for the children), and degergent to wash their clothes. After buying, we sorted, then delivered. Below are pictures of the entire process. The best part are the smiles as a result! Thank you for your support.

Lauren at checkout.

Unfortunately, we didn't get a picture of our heaping carts.

The checkout process

Kara and the 2 kind men from the store that helped load the 4-Runner and Lauren

The baskets ready to deliver

Victor & Edison really excited to receive their baskets

Kara giving Victor's mother her basket.

For a mother that makes $34/month, this basket is a huge deal!

Edison's mother with her basket

Damaris and her mother

Marilyn with her brother. Though their mother was not there, as she gets home very late from work, I'm sure she was very thankful. Marilyn certainly was excited.

Marilyn and her brother with Lauren

Yeiner, Randy and their mother

Tatiana with little sister Joana - thrilled!

Dulce Maria, Tatiana, Joana, and their mother with Lauren

Blanca - Ubaldo, Abel & Sergio's mother receiving her basket.

Without telling the whole story, this basket came at a perfect time for this family. They almost lost their home due to buying groceries on credit and owing a neighbor about $200 dollars. In return, he took the papers to their house if they didn't pay. A very kind and generous person was not going to let that happen, so they paid the money and cleared the debt for this family.

Damaris and her family

Fernanda's mother, along with all the local girls coming to help deliver the basket.

Once again, a lucky experience for Kara and Lauren, however, this would have never been possible without the help and support from all of you. They were told these baskets were from their sponsors in the United States and that puts a smile on each one of their faces