The number of residents is much lower right now, but they managed to devour 7 pizzas from Sam’s Club. We bought a dozen so that there will be leftovers of a while. After dinner, everyone had an ice cream bar (vanilla covered with milk chocolate was by far the favorite).
We also scoped out our projects and made plans for the week with Mari, the new Director of Casa Hogar. She was the administrative assistant to Carol and Fran when we first arrived, went to work for a while at the Simply Smiles facility a little way out of town, and then returned again to Casa Hogar. She and Vicki are the 2 primary adults who care for all the residents.
The facilities look a bit different, but many of us remember Angel, Mirian, Vicente and some of the other residents from our prior visits, and the warm, loving spirit you feel when you are there hasn’t changed since our first visit over 18 years ago.