well, today was emotional.

we spent the whole day waiting for omar and marisol's parents to come. after school we played outside for awhile, and eventually everyone stopped playing and we all just stared at the road, getting excited whenever a car was headed our way. i tried to get everyone to play with the kite, or soccer, or something...but no one was interested. omar started getting frustrated before dinner and was crying, and he just kept saying, 'i want to go with my parents, i want to go with my parents...'
at one point he was staring at the road, tears streaming down his face, and goes, 'no puede ser.' (it can't be.) i was like, oh sweetie, they're coming! i promise!

during dinner they just lost it...a whole day of waiting for something like this wiped them out. they were crying, and so i told them that they could come to my apartment and play for a little bit, while we waited for their parents. we ended up making cookies and popcorn. well, after 2 minutes they got bored so i made the cookies while they played, but whatever hahaha. it took their mind off of waiting for a little bit. they went back to their house to shower, and while they were getting ready their parents came! they were so excited. i can't even describe it. they flew up the hill to the big house and ran inside and jumped right into their arms. it was so wonderful...this is going to be so good for them.

i just feel really sad for marcos. he's the only one left down below who has hiv and nothing else, and he has never taken the leader role like marisol and omar did. marisol especially was a great helper; everyone called her mom. i hope that this will be a chance for marcos to step up and help take care of the other kids he lives with who have down's, epilepsy, and emotional issues. he's a great kid, but omar was his best friend. and now he's gone! pray for him, please. pray for comfort, peace, and understanding as his life is going to be very different.