Ecuadent

I wasn't sure that I wanted to post this all on facebook but thought it needs to be posted. Although I'm trying not to come home all crazy again this year, this place does something to you and what we see and hear really hits your heart and makes you think about all you take for granted. Tonight we went to an orphanage and there were (2) kids that we were told about. The first, a boy around 3 years old, was buried alive by his mother. After she was finished, the neighbors came over and dug him out. He is still having nightmares, he is going well and is now in a much safer place. The second was a 12 year old girl. She started being sexually abused by her father at the age of 5. At 11, she was passed around to the house owner and some of his friends and now at 12, she is a mother and taking care of her baby. Many of the houses are made of boards with dirt floors and the poverty here is something like you have never seen. Although I would like to finish this, my dinner has just arrived so, I will post more tomorrow. See you all soon...