Aldea Update!

Friends,

Here is an update on what has been happening in Peru.

Earlier this week we met with our friend Rosie. She is a local baker here in Piura. Rosie is a volunteer baker at the orphanage and has been kind enough to give us some advice. At our meeting with Rosie she told us what supplies the orphanage still needed so they could sustain a business. So we could figure out some financial costs we spent this past week  running around town trying to price out exactly how much everything is going to cost.

So the orphanage has something to sell from we are planning on making a stand. We are thinking of painting it blue and putting the kids hand prints on it. We will keep you updated with pictures in the near future!

Yesterday we had a meeting with Javier. Javier is the psychologist at the orphanage and has been our main go to guy for most of the information we have needed. We gave him a list of prices for everything that Rosie had told us the bakery still needs and also a list of how much all the supplies will cost for the bread stand.  We also got the okay to build the stand for the orphanage next week. We are planning on picking up supplies on Monday and starting to construct on Tuesday.

We made plans with Javier to have the orphanage's grand opening the 25th of July. We are hoping to make it a really great event. Tomorrow I am going to make a list of things to do and hopefully we can tackle our list with full force. We also found out that the orphanage's 25th anniversary is in August. We are hoping to somehow incorporate the bakery opening along with the activities that are happening at the orphanage for their anniversary.

All of us here in Peru are so excited about everything that is going on for the orphanage. We couldn't be more thrilled about the support we have gotten and about the future work that we have on our plates. Thank you so much for following us and for allowing us the opportunity to serve the people we are meeting here in Piura. This experience has really been a life changing one so far and I feel so blessed to know and work with everyone that is joining me in it!