Basically we have been recruiting for Liz's new club. We want to focus on Playa Oueste, since there is so much need there, and so little help and opportunity. The problem is deciding who to accept and who to turn away...since we only have room for a certain number of kids at this point. So here is our biggest challenge: who to accept into the club, and who to turn away. Doing this recruiting and application process is something that I have never done before, so it is a new learning experience for me. So we spent the day on Monday preparing applications, coming up with guidelines, and coming up with determining factors of how to pick kids/families. On Tuesday, we went to Playa Oueste to find some new families! Word got around pretty quickly about why we were there, and soon enough we had several families lined up for us to do a preliminary evaluation. We set them up with appoinment times to meet us the next day to fill out a detailed application. So that is what we spent yesterday doing; interviewing families and taking thier information. I was able to practice my Spanish a lot! The families were very patient with my misunderstanding of most things they said, and were very helpful when I spoke to them (in my very broken Spanish). By the end of the day, my head was spinning, and we left the information to sort through for today.
Nikki and I spent the afternoon today sorting through applications, inputting the information into the computer, and organizing everything. We have come to realize that it is not an easy job! However, we love that we can be a part the decisions, and preliminary "getting to know the families".
This GrandMother takes care of her 16 grandchildren...with no income and no parents in the picture we are eager to help this family.
This Mom takes care of 8 kids, including her 2 nieces, with no stable father in the picture.
These are just two examples of the need we are facing.
We will continue this week to interview people, and press through this application process. Soon we will start doing some home visits to obtain some photos and video footage for potential sponsors.
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There is so much need there you are in for a lot of work Thank God you are to help out. Keep up the good work
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