El Bichito: Meeting families of kids at El Bichito

By Sunny Hicken

October 13

Some of the things that have been going on around here. First of all, washing big pots! We love the ladies that come and cook for the children each day. They are great women, mothers, and a grandmother! (One just had a new grandson born last week! Her sons’ families live in her home, too.)

We are trying to have the children take us to their homes so we can meet their families (usually their mom and younger siblings) and learn more about them and their needs. Here are pictures of Milagros with her mother and little brother and of Alex with his mother and little sister. They are two of our most dedicated homework-doers! It was neat to see where they live and tell their moms how great their kids are when they are at El Bichito. They are two of our most dedicated homework-doers!

Here is a photo of Milagros and my daughter Sierra who love doing their homework together. It was neat to see where this child lives and to tell her mom how great she is doing at El Bichito. Milagros’ home is just down the street from us—we didn’t even realize that we pass her house every time we take a bus/van anywhere. Now we look every time to see if we can wave to her.

Alex’s house is up on the hill, a pretty hike from El Bichito. On the way, we saw other children we knew and promised to visit them soon. 

 We also saw Marco, sitting in the field behind his home. He is older, but is crippled from polio. He comes to the center for lunch often, but we had not seen him in a while. It was good to check up on him and let him know we missed him.

 I wish I had gotten a picture of him with his rose bushes, just out of the picture of him, but here is a picture of the rose he picked for me, that we have been enjoying having on the kitchen table in El Bichito the last few days.

We have great things planned for next week—I just hope we can get to half of them!