Bye, bye, Ryan

Ryan, holding Marcnel, enjoying his last evening with us.

Krista surrounded by admiring fans.

Nicole, who has been here twice already, enjoying the moment with Gerda.

Ryan, Krista and Nicole will be leaving us tomorrow.  We wish them all well and safe travels.

Ryan and friends

Ryan, Krista and Nicole seen here as they visited the children's village.

Michael sitting on Krista during a break.

Ryan will be leaving us shortly and two friends from CA joined him for his final days.  They are working on repairing the screens in the children's homes, playing soccer and basketball, and making 754 new friends. 

Saturday morning ritual

It has become routine to see the boys (and girls occasionally) picking up trash on Saturday morning right alongside Ryan.  We try and provide some incentives as having a clean yard is not quite enough for these kids.  Thanks to Ryan and his faithfulness in this little project we have an attractive area for at least one day a week. 

Jimmy and Ryan

Jimmy playing the electric guitar that Ryan gave him this evening.  Some folks from CA were kind enough to transport this down with them.  Let me tell you, Jimmy is one happy camper!

Saturday morning

Saturday morning clean up crew 

Ryan has got these guys all revved up to pick up litter.  It takes a lot of hands to pick up a lot of litter.

Impromptu music session

Seems like music is ever present here.  Above is a shot of Ryan, Jimmy and Prosper singing and playing some religious songs.  Jimmy is our new guitar player and really gets into the music-- he's directing Ryan in this photo.

Sammy Nelson

This is what happens when you mess with Ryan Kobayashi who is with us for the next few months.  Ryan will be going to medical school in the fall so is helping us in the clinic.  He was playing basketball with a few of the boys when two collided: Savary and Sammy.  Sammy ended up with three stitches and a colorful eye.

 Ryan