Today Guillermo took us up a crazy trail to see more families who have nothing. At the first house the family spoke zero Spanish and the little boy started bawling at the sight of two terrifying white girls with blonde hair and bright eyes. Luckily we had who Guillermo, our favorite person who speaks kekchi, Spanish, and English... He is amazing! He was able to translate everything for us and convinced the mother to take the little boy behind the house so he didn’t have to look at us. Kids here either completely love us and run to us, or completely despise us and run away. While we were talking to the mother we found out the family was in pretty bad condition. There were eight people living in a tiny little house with four makeshift beds made out of wood. The father has been really sick for quite sometime with spine problems, head problems, and leg problems. We couldn’t understand the situation completely but he is sick enough that he hasn’t been able to work for a very long time. The eighteen year old daughter is sent to work and responsible for providing for the family. Recently however, she has been having severe dental problems and has not been able to work either. After hearing this and observing the home we decided that want to buy this family a pila and do whatever else we can to help them while we are here. When we told the mother that we wanted to bring her a pila she was so grateful. She told us that she didn’t know how she would ever repay us but that the lord must have let us know that she really needed us and that the lord would bless us. Ash and I both were super touched and got teary eyed. Guillermo told her that she could repay us by being happy and that we were just happy to help. It was such a neat and spiritual experience. We are both so excited to deliver the pila on Thursday! (however, carrying another 400 pound pila up the mountain does not seem too appealing)
8 people sleep in this small room.
The living room. It always impresses me how clean they keep their houses even when they are literally "dirt poor".
This is their water situation
And their kitchen
Playing bubbles with the boys along the way!
There are soo many people up here who have lazy eyes! I have seriously never seen this many lazy eyes in my whole life. While we were up on the mountain visiting families we stopped to blow bubbles with some little boys. One of the cute little boys had the craziest eyes and we had to get a picture to illustrate one of many crazy eye situations.
Mi and mi Hermano Guillermo!
Overlooking Senahu
BFF!
Our exhausted look we gave Guillermo!
The second house we went to was a very sweet family. The walls in their house were made of cardboard and their living conditions were not great but they had a lot more than others. It is crazy how our view of what is poor has drastically changed. If we were to see a house similar to this in the united states we would be mortified; but here, compared to many others, this family has so much. Gordon had helped this family in the past and put lights throughout their house. The family didn’t really need a pila but we will probably take them a water purifier soon. It is not healthy for anyone to be drinking the unfiltered, worm infested water.
Us prepping for the everyday rainstorm that was ahead of us!
Today the craziest thing happened! Every market day we see this cute little 17 year old girl with her 2 month old baby helping at her mom’s booth. They sell vegetables, soap, pasta, random stuff, etc. We asked her what the baby’s name is and she said that she doesn’t have one yet! We looked at the baby for a second and told her that she looks like a Molly. From that day on, every time we pass them we ask how Molly is doing and hold her for a second. Today we brought her one of the cute little blankets that Michelle made. The mom, Monica, said that the baby wanted to come with us! Thinking she was joking, I asked if we could borrow her for an hour and take her to breakfast with us! She said that it was completely fine! I thought when we started walking away that she would run after us telling us that she was kidding, but she didn’t! What trust! It was so much fun. We were getting some really strange looks as we walked through the market! Everyone was pointing and laughing. We love this baby. Eventually, she got hungry and we didn’t have the supplies, so we had to take her back L She is such a doll! Can you imagine a situation even close to this happening in the states? Complete strangers, without cell phone numbers, and no idea where we were going for breakfast. We were astonished, but happy!
Me with Molly in her crib.
Family: Is this the same guy you saw??? We love seeing awesome shirts like this! Poor guy has NO idea what he is wearing.
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