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I want you all to meet Katty. Katty is a 9 year old little girl who comes around each day selling homemade tortillas to help earn money for her family. Each tortilla is one cord. To help you understand how cheap that is...you can get 20 tortillas for right about $1.00. Right now the exchange rate is right abou 20 cords to $1.00. This adorable little girl showed up at my door one day asking if I wanted to buy a tortilla. Most days, I don't, but some days I do. They are good for breakfast, as well as for making tacos. And I will be honest and tell you, the store bought tortillas that we get in the states have nothing on the homemade tortillas you can buy here! They are delicious! So, over time, Katty got used to seeing me each day. One day she asked if she could come in, she wanted to look at the pictures I had out. So we talked about my family and her family. She then headed out the door. School has started now, so I only see her on Saturday's but before school started she made sure to come by each day. One day, she asked if she could come in for a while. She was hungry and had some oranges. I peeled them and cut them up for her. While sitting there we talked more..she had many questions about my family and about the United States. She wanted to see many pictures, on my computer and in a book I brought with me. She also wanted to show me all the names of the people in her family. I let her type them on my computer. You should have seen the smile on her face when she realized I was going to let her type on my computer! I don't know how many times, if ever she has even touched a computer. It took her a long time to find the letters and type, but she was happy to be doing it, so it made me happy. At one point she needed to use the restroom, as she got in the bathroom she saw the shampoo sitting in the bathroom. When she came out, she asked if I could wash her hair for her. Although her hair looked clean to me, I decided if she wanted to wash her hair, that's what we would do. So, I took her outside to the outside sink (less of a mess there), and washed this adorable little girls hair. As I was washing her hair she just kept talking about how good it felt, and how good the shampoo smelled. What to me was a simple and normal occurance, put a huge smile on this little girls face. She was so proud to have her hair washed and smelling good! She ended up staying for about 2 hours. I took a few pictures here and there. This past Saturday she brought her Mom to the house with her. She wanted her Mom to meet me. She was so excited to introduce me to her Mom....it was cute. As they were leaving, she said to her Mom...that's her, that's my friend. She made me feel like a Princess that day! I was happy to hear that something so simple made that little girls day! Please pray for Katty and her family as they deal with the everyday struggle here in Nicaragua of earning money to support and feed their family!
I want you all to meet Katty. Katty is a 9 year old little girl who comes around each day selling homemade tortillas to help earn money for her family. Each tortilla is one cord. To help you understand how cheap that is...you can get 20 tortillas for right about $1.00. Right now the exchange rate is right abou 20 cords to $1.00. This adorable little girl showed up at my door one day asking if I wanted to buy a tortilla. Most days, I don't, but some days I do. They are good for breakfast, as well as for making tacos. And I will be honest and tell you, the store bought tortillas that we get in the states have nothing on the homemade tortillas you can buy here! They are delicious! So, over time, Katty got used to seeing me each day. One day she asked if she could come in, she wanted to look at the pictures I had out. So we talked about my family and her family. She then headed out the door. School has started now, so I only see her on Saturday's but before school started she made sure to come by each day. One day, she asked if she could come in for a while. She was hungry and had some oranges. I peeled them and cut them up for her. While sitting there we talked more..she had many questions about my family and about the United States. She wanted to see many pictures, on my computer and in a book I brought with me. She also wanted to show me all the names of the people in her family. I let her type them on my computer. You should have seen the smile on her face when she realized I was going to let her type on my computer! I don't know how many times, if ever she has even touched a computer. It took her a long time to find the letters and type, but she was happy to be doing it, so it made me happy. At one point she needed to use the restroom, as she got in the bathroom she saw the shampoo sitting in the bathroom. When she came out, she asked if I could wash her hair for her. Although her hair looked clean to me, I decided if she wanted to wash her hair, that's what we would do. So, I took her outside to the outside sink (less of a mess there), and washed this adorable little girls hair. As I was washing her hair she just kept talking about how good it felt, and how good the shampoo smelled. What to me was a simple and normal occurance, put a huge smile on this little girls face. She was so proud to have her hair washed and smelling good! She ended up staying for about 2 hours. I took a few pictures here and there. This past Saturday she brought her Mom to the house with her. She wanted her Mom to meet me. She was so excited to introduce me to her Mom....it was cute. As they were leaving, she said to her Mom...that's her, that's my friend. She made me feel like a Princess that day! I was happy to hear that something so simple made that little girls day! Please pray for Katty and her family as they deal with the everyday struggle here in Nicaragua of earning money to support and feed their family! 
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