Friday, June 8, 2007

Ocho de Junio

Today we got filthy. Paint dust and dirty water filthy.
Café Chavalos is a restaurant that is opening to help the barrio boys with jobs as cooks. It is a program that gets very troubled teenage boys (drug addicts, murders, theives, etc.) off the streets by offering them chef training and jobs at the Cafe. Adam and I spent all day painting, sweeping and sanding, laboring for the good of the kids. It was great to be working so hard, doing the difficult annoying tasks, knowing that it is all part of a big picture to help Nicaragua.

We just watched a late night street soccer ball game. They had been playing since sunset, and are still playing. The street is not blocked off and cars still pass thru the middle of their games.


More children playing in the streets.



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