A Visit to Casa

Today our main activity was visiting Casa to take Maria and Jennifer out to lunch and give them Christmas gifts. We left the house at 10:15 and took about 15 minutes to get to Casa. We started by meeting with Walter for a few minutes and then headed over to see Jack and Carolyn. We are so happy that they are getting very close to being getting their visa for Olga to come back to the States. Jenny spent some time with Jack going through the rest of the process and got a lot of needed clarification that should help us save time when we are working with the US Embassy at the end of the process.

While they were talking, I enjoyed watching the kids have fun with Maria and Jennifer on the swings and the playground. By the time Jenny was done, we were all ready for lunch and headed to Pollo Campero in San Lucas for lunch. It was great watching Luis and Maria play together in the play set and watching him give her gifts and his reaction as she opened them. They have a great bond and we will need to work to continue their bond after we go home. After lunch we returned to Casa and dropped of Maria and Jennifer and delivered gifts to our parents' sponsor children. Here are some pictures of the kids playing and enjoying their ice cream.






Then it was time to return the car to the rental company. We got that done and stopped at the tienda on the way home to get a few things we did not get at Hiper Piaz. After arriving home, we spent a couple of hours playing outside on the swings. All the kids wanted me to twist them up and give them a “Loco Columpio.” I even gave one to one of the other kids in the apartments before coming in for dinner.

Now the kids are asleep and we finished wrapping gifts and preparing for Christmas. I think the presents are ready and now all we have to do is pick up a few things at Epicure tomorrow for Christmas dinner. The excitement is building in the kids and I can’t wait for Friday.