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Published: Wednesday, 23 September 2015 03:46

Written by Corina Clements Soria

We are half way through the International Fair and still waiting for a “good” night… it is often after midnight, when all the regular pavilions close, more people start to wander by where we are… We are praying that the sales pick up more in the last 5 days of the fair…

The first night was GOOD… not because of the money amount that we sold, but because of WHAT we sold… Do you remember Matilde from the last letter? On the first night of the fair, someone picked up a paper-bead necklace Matilde made and said, ¨I want to buy THIS!”

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Day by Day

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Published: Sunday, 13 September 2015 22:46

Written by Corina Clements Soria

Hi everyone!!!

This morning, two fourteen year olds sat on the couch at El Jordan. The girl quietly hung her head. She had puffy, red eyes… The boy with his dyed, gelled hair awkwardly laughed, not really sure how he was supposed to act… She had rolled over in her sleep and smothered their six week old baby…

They had just decided to call him “Etsy”… but even before they got his birth certificate, they were trying to figure out how to get a little coffin and a death certificate…

Flashback… I first met the boy´s mom maybe 10 or 12 years ago… She was standing outside El Jordan´s gate, with her deceased baby boy… While sleeping on the streets, she too, had unknowingly rolled over on her 11 day old baby… Sadly, history repeating itself…

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Something ... a G Something ...

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Published: Thursday, 02 July 2015 14:46

Written by Corina Clements Soria

Well… I´m here packing… and all of a sudden I remembered something…

A friend of mine here (whose parents were friends with my parents here in Bolivia before I was born) has a little boy (5 years old) who was born healthy but at 4 months of age had complications with his reflux something or other… and since then has stayed at that mental development age… so he can´t sit, talk, move very much at all… he has been on oxygen most of his life, he has a terrible time with phlegm in his lungs… and he can´t even swallow his spit… His parents used to be involved in full time ministry but with the medical needs of their son, the dad had to find a new job (in Compassion International) and they also moved to Santa Cruz where the ¨thicker” air would be better for him…

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A Frequently Asked Question and More

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Published: Friday, 05 June 2015 14:46

Written by Corina Clements Soria

Hi everyone! It’s a beautiful day in Bolivia after a seemingly long time of cloudy, cold dampness… Trust your day is going well!!!  I´ve been compiling my addresses again (still)…and this if the first time sending it through Outlook… If you are on this list, and aren´t supposed to be, or don´t want to be… sorry… just send me a note and I´ll fix that… AND if you know anyone that wants to be getting update letters from our family or El Jordan and ISN´T on the list, let me know… THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE IN THIS! (and repeated help!)

This letter has just a few scattered thoughts… it was going to include a few more… but days have gone by and its best that I just send it off…  Please read to the end (or at least skip and read the last part…)  The kids and I are going back to Canada for about 6 weeks to meet up with as many churches, family and friends as is possible… Please read when we might be in your area so we can coordinate getting together…

4Ç0 ºº11004200420240 ´ñññlññl0d (That was Marlee´s contribution to the letter…)

FAQ:  How do you find your way to the girls´ houses when there are no street names and signs?

Good question…  I was reminded of it today when Miguel was giving me directions to find Mónica (who we had lost contact with at El Jordan)…

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