Wadda Week

  When you visit the center, you either  "get It" or you don't.  We don't need brochures and pamphlets or
fancy words to describe it. It is hard to not "get It"   when you visit.  It is a powerful force that explains the unexplainable.  "It"  is the way God expresses his love through these children.  I am also very respectful of those who don't get it and choose to stay away. "It" is exhausting and tests every emotion and spiritual thought that you have.  "It" is not God and nobody is called to this place if they are not ready. It is too complicated  and I have the utmost respect for someone aware enough to stay away.  "It" is the most emotionally challenging environment I have had the pleasure to work in.
      Borrowing from those who have proceeded me to Heaven, one of my first questions will be, Why Cadanino?  Why this difficult place?" 
  My favorite two answers that I doubt he might respond with,  "Why not you?"   or "Because sometimes you make me mad!"

  On a happy note: One kid went home to an improved home situation. We drove 7 hours North to the Border with Mexico and returned April to her family in Tecun Uman.  She had falsely claimed to have been abused by a family member. She later recanted, but the wheels of justice move slowly and the government used time appropriately to shake out the truth in these matters.
  Conversely, we drove back to the capital with  a beautiful baby boy Guillermo. He is four months old and was taken from his Mother to protect him. She is a chronic alcoholic who had repeatedly been hitting him in public.  Man's cruelty knows few limits.
Guillerrmo is sooo nice and affectionate. Hard to place him in the other center for babies. We had a great time on the seven hour ride. He only fussed when he needed his diaper changed. He seemed to enjoy the tiny taste of a McFlurry that a certain gringo gave him a taste of.