I am sorry I am so bad with updating. My days are just running by me. Between working, taking care of Lilli, and the household there doesn't seem to be a lot of time left. But I also didn't have to say anything interesting.
Today I went to visit a school for the blind here in Caracas. They currently have 69 children, 23 of whom are in preschool. They have to turn away additional children because they just don't have the room as the school is in a house, not a school building.
They gave us a little tour through the school and seeing those children made me realize all over again how blessed we are to have such a healthy little girl.
The children in preschool are on the top of the building. In order to get there they have to climb up a long metal staircase. I can't even imagine two or three year olds doing that. There were even blind twins who seemed to be neglected or something because they were doing this rhythmic banging of their heads. Poor kids.
I talked to a little girl in on class. She was 11 years old and has been attending the school for 5 years.
I asked about seeing eye dogs, but that doesn't seem to be something that many people can afford here. Wouldn't that be fantastic if the children had a dog to play with that would also help them in their daily life?
I believe the school is very good, but they don't have the equipment that any school for the blind in the U.S. would have. They have a hard time finding braille paper. They don't have any English braille books, so they can't teach any English. We are trying to organize some donations to see how we can help them.
