There was electricity coming into the village but not all had it. None had running water, no sinks or toilets, only outhouses. Mostly dirt floors, but some had a cement floor. Unbelievable.
The boys had a blast! One house had kittens and Owen was loving it! The boys gave their toy gun that was in the car to this little boy (below). He was so scared looking and shy (in fact Otto just walked right up to him and put his arm around him and touched his head to the boy's and just sat like that for a minute, to die for!) The boy wouldn't even touch the gun, but as we were leaving, I looked back and he was holding the gun with a big smile on his face waving to us! I wished I had brought more stuff, I had nothing else in the van and couldn't believe I didn't think of that. Darn. Next time we'll bring clothes and stuff.
The 1st day, we arrived and all the men of the village were having a meeting at the school. So Aaron went over there and introduced himself and explained to them what we had for them. He said at first their faces were like, "what the heck is this white guy doing here and what does he want?" Then after a little explanation of why we're here and what we've got, he said their faces changed and looked more like, "hot dog! sweet! no way!" They all wanted one so we passed out 6 that day and then planned to come back the next day with the rest. We obviously didn't have enough for everyone in the village but encouraged them to share with one another and that we'd be back in a couple months with more.
The little girl in the red shorts....the 1st day after we delivered to her house, she asked if she could come with us to deliver the rest. Then the next day, a school day, she came on her break and found us delivering more and hung out for her recess time. She was a doll, Silvia.
We took a little swimming break on the 1st day and swam next to a huge cliff! Awesome!
