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Nice experience!

I had a nice experience serving others in Solca. I was happy and I made others happy. I was happy because I was helping all the time, instead stay in my home doing nothing and I made them happy because we made activities that made them have fun. And also, we gave to the children the hope of being cured and dreaming about the things they want to do someday.

Is true that have cancer is not easy, but we tried to make them forget about that disease and live smiling every single day. Of course those cases of children made us (gaby and me) see life from another point of view. I think we enjoy life more than before.

Puppets libreto

This is the “libretto” of the story of the puppet. Is cute!

Función de títeres: “Juan quiere conocer a los bomberos”

Anita: ¡Hola chicos!... ¿Cómo están?

Niños: Bien.

Anita: Bueno les voy a presentar a un amigo que es muy educado y se llama Juan.

Anita: Juan… ¿Dónde estás?

Juan: Hola Anita, aquí estoy (con voz desanimada).

Anita: Pero Juan ¿Qué te pasa? ¿Estás triste?

Juan: Si… un poco Anita.

Anita: Pero Juan… no estés triste… Mira que han venido unos amigos a vernos.

Juan: Ah… si… Hola niños (voz desanimada)

Anita: Juan No debes estar triste… Tienes que estar alegre como todos los que están aquí.

Anita: A ver… Cuéntame ¿Qué te pasa?

Juan: Es que mi hermano conoció a los bomberos y se subió al carro de bomberos y mi mami no me dejó porque soy muy pequeño.

Anita: Ay Juanito, pero no te preocupes… de seguro te subirás al teatrín en un par de años más.

Juan: Pero para que eso suceda falta mucho tiempo. (SE VA LLORANDO)

Anita: Uy no chicos. Pobre Juan. Está muy triste. Ese es el sueño de Juan…

Anita: ¿Saben que?... Vamos a ayudar a Juan a que cumpla su sueño de conocer a los bomberos y subirse al carro de bomberos.

Aparece un carro de bombero.

Anita: Wow… Chicos ¿Están viendo?... ¡Es un carro de bombero!

Hay que buscar al bombero.

Anita: Sr. Bombero?

Bombero: ¡Hola! ¿Quién eres?

Anita: Yo soy Anita y te quería pedir un gran favor.

Bombero: Pues ¿Cuál es el favor?

Anita: Es que yo tengo un amigo que se llama Juan y sueña con conocer a los bomberos y con subirse al carro de bomberos.

Bombero: Pues vamos a su casa para darle un gran sorpresa.

Anita ¡Si!

Se dirigen a la casa de Juan

Anita: Juan… ¡Ven acá con los niños!

Juan: No, no quiero salir estoy muy triste.

Anita: Por favor Juan… Ven tenemos una sorpresa.

Juan: No… No quiero.

Anita: Chicos… para que Juan salga tenemos que llamarlo fuertísimo. A la 1, 2 y 3.

Niños: ¡¡Juan!!

Juan: ¿Qué pasa? (y ve el carro de bomberos). ¡Wow!

Juan: Gracias Anita por ayudarme a cumplir mi sueño.

Andan en el carro de bomberos

Juan: Gracias Anita, gracias niños. ¡Los quiero!

Anita: ¡De nada!... ¡Si ven chicos que nosotros podemos cumplir nuestros sueños y ayudar a que otros cumplan los suyos!

Puppets

Today we made puppet show (in the waiting room and in the other rooms). The puppet greeted them one by one. Children enjoy it!

We also painted faces (we learned that, because we didn’t know).

The show was successful! Children have fun! Even the most painful and sad, had fun.

Selling things

Today we fill cups with candy and we put it in a “canasta” with other stuffs. The Damas of Solca (volunteers) told us to sell all that things in Solca, because the earnings are use to help de patients that need it more.

We just stay with children few minutes, but we could read a story about a dreamer. The message of the story was so cute, it gave them the hope and the opportunity of dream and make your dreams come true.

Other rooms in Solca

Today we made gelatin for children who are placed in the hospital. We went to the rooms, which has 7 beds or cribs and each children was with father or mother.

The environment was silent and sad. Parents were watching us like we were weirds or something like that, while some children cried.

We talked with the parents and kids. We gave them materials to make cards and we help them if they asked to.

A girl gave me the card that she made. I feel so happy about it.

When we leave the room, we realized that parents were watching us with a big smile and children too.

I don’t have pictures of that day =(

Playing

Today I saw different kids. Brenda explained us that each kid comes to Solca one time in the week or in the month (it depends of the treatment). So every week, we will know new mothers, fathers and kids.

I saw kids more sad, than the other days. They played slowly and alone. My friend and I started to talk with them (one by one). Asking names, age and if they want to play with the others. They all accepted. So, we made a circle and we play “al pon pin Colorado”.

They laugh and talked with the other kids and started to play other games together again and again by themselves.