Today we celebrated Santos’ 18th birthday with him and his brother José. They’re the brothers that have returned from Casa Shalom to live with their grandmother, and we’re helping them out with their school. Santos’ birthday is actually in a week, but we’re going to be away for it.

We had a great time hanging out with them, and we’re so happy to see them succeeding outside of the home.  I forgot to take a picture, (oops!) so here’s a picture from 5 years ago when we hiked up a volcano together. Santos is on the far right in a green jacket. He’s grown up a lot since then!