This morning when Angel came by with the laundry, Stephanie, another visitor, handed him a new soccer ball and said "This is for you and thank you for being such a good worker."
I wish I'd had my camera at that moment. . . He was more than delighted.
He started tossing it from foot to head to back to floor to foot to ceiling. It was a great show so I ran for my camera and took my first "video" here. Of course, while he was being filmed, he didn't do nearly as well as he did when he was just playing around.
Following that, I decided I was sick of just goofing around with our teen helper and I wanted to know more about him. We had a long conversation through pictures and I learned a lot.
If our communication was accurate, I found out that he never knew his dad and that his mom died when he was 5. His younger sister, Eda (sp?) is mentally and physically handicapped and now lives in a special home in Tegucigalpa (an NPH home). He has an older sister, now 23, who is a student in the city and who has a "nice" boyfriend.
Angel said that he was a really fast runner, loves music (and he songs a long well), likes soccer and baseball, and wants to study agriculture. He is on the path which will lead him to a satisfying future if he stays within the guidelines of service. I will post later about the expected schedule. . . It's pretty cool when former pesguenos return as employees, which does happen.
One of the main doctors, Merlin, started out here in life.
Angel conveyed on paper and in broken English that the ranch saved him and that his friends are his family. He also shared that he has two sponsors, but he has never met them.
I asked him if he would like to tell me anything else in writing and that Kasey (or neighbor Luis) could translate when I get home on Tuesday. He started writing and kept writing. . . I can read only parts of his Espanol: The first line is Los quiero mucho como mi familia.
The sun is shining. It is a gorgeous day. I am looking forward to Mass at 5:00. I get to sit by Treisy.
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