We made our way to Antigua today to get registered to work at the orphanage. It was a good experience. The orphanage is for all...babies, kids, youth, adults, old people...and most of them have some type of handicap, mental or physical or both. It was heartbreaking to see a lot of them. Maybe I'm just sheltered, but it seems like the health care in the states helps to prevent some of these problems, or helps make them more livable. It's just really sad to think that these people have to suffer through this and also that they have to do it alone because they have been abandoned. It will be a growing experience to work with them. We are getting up pretty early tomorrow to get out to Tzunana on Lago Atitlan. Hopefully we will be able to help out with the nutrition out there. But I better get to bed so I can be of help tomorrow.
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