Day 5: Guatemalan Orphanage For my last day of exploration of the magical place of Guatemala I wanted to do something real. Something that would bring me back to earth, something that wasn't at
My brother James and his most favorite nino Mario
Elias.How can you not just melt?
all touristy. I got my wish. Hector and I visited an orphanage in Guatemala where we met up with my brother James. We walked in and were greeted by the most heart warming smiles I've ever seen. Each child wanted a turn being held and played with. I could've probabley stayed for my entire life, and I knew that spending time with these children would never get old. We started off the day playing in the courtyard with the kids. They loved taking pictures with my camera, and seeing the pictures of themselves. I must have twirled a jump-rope for twenty minutes straight. We played with bubbles for a very long time, something many of the ninos had never done before. We took a break from hanging with the children to help out the orphanage itself. The orphanage is run by nuns. Some of them very kind and some of
James doing laundry the way they always do in a pela
them... well not. I would've loved to adopt one of the children I fell in love with but i soon
One of my favorite ninos, Jocelyn.
found out that the nuns running the place would not let anyone adopt the children. We helped paint beds and do odd jobs around the
The orphanage itself.
orphanage. Then we finally got to visit the ninos again. We took even more pictures and played catch and every game you can possibley imagine.
That night we held a little movie night for the kids. We watched in The Chronicles of Narnia spanish. I didn't completely understand with my lack of spanish
The view from the orphanage
vocabularly, but the kids enjoyed the treat of getting to watch a movie. All too soon we had to leave that little orphanage. I'm
Movie night with the ninos
not going to deny that I've never cried that hard in my life. I left a little part off my heart with those little kids. I'll never forget them, and I hope I can visit them again someday.
For my last day of exploration of the magical place of Guatemala I wanted to do something real. Something that would bring me back to earth, something that wasn't at
That night we held a little movie night for the kids. We watched in The Chronicles of Narnia spanish. I didn't completely understand with my lack of spanish
James Wallington's Photos-Guatemala__. Ed. James B. Wallington. Facebook. 17 May 2006 <http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/photo.php?pid=30073975&id=1254240150>.
All information was gained through stories from my mom and brother when they returned from their trip.