casa hogar

I have now been at Casa Hogar for a week helping out a little with Paul and Jon, the 2 white people there right now... Just fixing little stuff etc... Nayeli--Carols daughter just had a very nice big wedding at the local church which went very good.. Mark Lohner came in from Nicaragua and we got to do some hiking in the hills behind Casa Hogar and we talked a little about trying to invest in a green house on the lush gulf of Mexico side where the students could possibly produce vegetables to sell to pay for their education so we will see if we can work something out which would benefit the locals and the students, etc. it is amazing how Oaxaca has atleast doubled in size since I first came here 10 years ago... Where it use to be mosthly spanish colonial style, now it has a very modern shopping district with all the finer things of life and still has the traditional outdoor dirty markets which make a real interesting contrast from the old poor world to a little more modern world where the money and credit are a little easier to come buy..Things seem to be running pretty smoothly or atleast as smooth as possible here at the childrens home. I am now looking for some opportunities to invest in childrens educations or in some kind of semi-- self-sustaining schools in which the kids or teenagers could produce some kind of product to subsidize their education and to learn new skills which would have long term benefits.. We have been going into town alot at night and doing alot walking around the colonial style churches, town centers, and walking streets and eating some great Oaxacan tacos and mole... Just enjoying the pleasant night time climate. So long for now