We met Sr. Maureen at 2PM and found that she already had the back of her truck loaded! She had food, huge bags of beans, clothing, diapers, etc. etc. Ken and Vickey were not there, as Vickey had an appt.
Off we went, no problem entering into Mexico, sometimes the border guards on the Mexican side look into the back of the truck and ask a few questions.
We decided, Katie and I would go with her to Canales which is another settlement about 20 minutes down the highway, but first we picked up an extra grandmother, mom, and kids close to where our Vicky lives. Off we went and one of the kids, Carlos, was like a little chatterbox, he virtually
We dropped off half our load in Canalas at this place which was built by church members from where? you guessed it...
A lady in Canalas will later distribute all the goods to families who need it.
We then left Canalas, and drove back to Neuvo Progresso to drop off the rest of the goods.
This was actually a nice clean hall, everything neat and clean. You can see Sr. Maureen's red truck above...
After arriving back in Neuvo Progresso we dropped off the rest of the goods....
to be continued...
This is the regular drop off spot for Sister Maureen, it is a store of sorts where some ladies distribute to those who need certain things.
After we totally unloaded the truck, with the help of local kids, we were going to visit our first, Vicky, as we had a couple of things for her. They were across the street in her grandmothers house which her son had built for her.
Vicky was glad to see us and really liked the Novi monster doll we got her. We got a tour of the house, one big room in the front with a tile floor. The walls and ceiling are straight as well as the floor, but really nothing fancy. It is certainly an upgrade though on Vicky's house across the lane, pictures of which I posted another day, with the kids basically trying to keep warm. From what we could get from the conversation though, it looks like they might build a room for Vicky's family at the back.
After we left Vicky's, and on our way to see Karelly and Livy, we were going to stop at Dayla's who is sponsored by Terry and Arlene. They had sent a goodie box for Dayla as well as school supplies for lots of kids. Then we saw Dayla and her mom on the way home from school. That was fortunate and we gave her "the stuff".
to be continued...
Now it was time to go and see "the girls" Karelly and Livy. We then found that they were definitely out of their previous shack, as the owner was there, and we found they were in the new house on the other side of the road, and the other side of the fence.
As usual as soon as the girls saw us, we got the biggest hugs! We found out they were basically living on the 2nd floor, except for mom cooking on the main floor in the kitchen.
I was surprised at the inside somewhat, it is not in good shape as one of the windows is still broken on the mail floor, but dad has fixed the front door and some other windows. There is one window on the 2nd floor that is totally missing. Not quite sure how they are getting power, as there is no meter on main floor outside, but they are getting power on the 2nd floor at least. That makes us feel better somewhat. We are not exactly sure if they are getting water. As usual we had a great visit with the girls despite the language barrier, but Sister Maureen has enough Spanish that it helps a lot.
to be continued...
Some pictures from the kids temporary new house...
We headed back home then, we had about a 15 minute wait on the bridge at the US border, but no trouble when we provided our passports.
Sr. Maureen dropped us off at our car, and we pointed in the direction of home. On the highway we saw the beautiful sunset and katie snapped some pictures through the windshield
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