House number 4 was up on top of a little hill by the railroad tracks. I could hear Alan talking to the man at the door, he was asking for the mans wife but she wasn't home. We told him we had a gift for him and he sounded nervous to let us in without his wife being home but opened the door as soon as he heard it was a despensa. The front of the home was concrete but had a stick palapa attached to the back which was used as the kitchen. As soon as he saw me take my camera out

We left the first house and this man was standing in front. Allen told me that we were going to the old man's house next and that he lived next door. The woman from the first house walked up to the man, and yelled in his ear DESPENSAS! Apparently he was mostly deaf. He turned and led the way to his home. The picture of the little hut is his home, I couldn't get a picture of the inside because it was too small, it was barely big enough to hang his hammock in, defiantly the sma

House #1 Today we were in the village of Tinum. It's the first time I'd ever been there. Allen, one of my dad's employees lives there and was able to help us find families in need in his community. We pulled up to a thatched roof home made of sticks. The grandparents and 7 year old boy were home. I was carrying a soccer ball in my hands so the boys eyes lit up immediately. Take a close look at the pants of the old man. Tattered, patched and held up by rope. The walls of the h

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