Another picture of the boys with the new toys

Such wonderful boys!! The man on the right is the house father whom we have known for 8 years....Manuel

NIA actually has a VAN now!!

Never have they had a VAN to take the boys to school and on outings!!

The boys are checking out all the toys

 

The boys don't have any toys as great as these!! Now they HAVE them and they are very happy. They were about
to have lunch and then go to school, so they didn't get to play with them right away.

Our orphanage NIA in Guad - September 22, 2009

The boys at NIA receiving the toys donated by our friends, John and Jill Habermeyer. They were so excited!! The toys were very nice and they will have a great time.....after school....playing with them.

Swallows on our terazza

 
We allowed the swallows to raise a family near the roof of our terazza....Yesterday they were all
learning to fly....then last night we had a big rain storm and one of them fell in the pool. We
rescued it and put it up on a ledge....then later it fell in the pool again.....so we picked it
up and put it on the ledge again where it stayed all night. Now it is down in the garden and the
rest of the "family" is really hovering around. Hope it survives.