
Family of 5 in Tinum
The sixth house seems to have had 5 people living at it (my spanish isn't great and my Maya is nonexistent so I often miss this that are being said. The grandmother at the house was 90 years old and seemed to be incredibly spry for her age. I told her how beautiful she was and commented on how great she looked. Her daughter told me that her mother was very sick and that she had breast cancer. The father in the house seemed to have some sort of trouble getting around, I'm not

Mexico Mission 2017 Kindergarten in Kanxoc
Today we visited a preschool in the village of Kanxoc that had 40 kids ages 4 & 5. All of the girls got a new piece of clothing from Ali & Joe or a dress made by a Girl Scout troop in River Vale, the boys got new tee shirts. We also had crayons and coloring books for them (I'm pretty sure they were most excited by the coloring books). We had mini despensas for all of the families as well which turned out to be not so mini (thank you for all the generous donations). Thank you

Spotlight on: KidEssence
When Tricia Lee’s daughter, Erin, turned 2, her grandparents gave her a “3-way” easel for her birthday, complete with a chalkboard, dry erase board, and painting surface all in one item. It quickly grew to become Erin’s favorite, and she was constantly spending her time drawing and painting on it. So instead of trying to collapse it and shove it away, Tricia left it out only to take up a significant amount of space in their tiny 2-bedroom apartment. As she watched her daughte