Friday, May 16, 2008

Horeb Mother's Day



We have a second high school on campus which is run by the Central Church in town. They use our facilities each day and bus in 170 youth, boys and girls. We have eight internal boys who attend their school (and all eight are graduating this year). The majority of this group of boys have been with us since 2004, so they have been at El Sembrador as long as we have. They each hold such a special place in our hearts. Their school's Mother's Day event was at the central church in town. We took them in as we had in March for the Father's Day event. But, we didn't know the special events in store. When it was Alfredo's turn to take the stage, he asked Lori to come up and represent the eight boys as their mom. He said she has been the mother to these boys all these years and has been the one there to help them with homework and whatever other needs they have and gave her three roses from them. Then, when Osmel took the stage, he called his mom to the stage too. He asked Lori to come up as she has been his second mom. She was the class elect mom for the year and was given a wonderful gift from the class of thirty-two students. They gave her Victoria Secret lotion and perfume. The class all went together to pay for this special gift. It was a special night when they all hugged her to show her how much they love her and what a special mom she is. HOW CAN SHE NOT JUST MELT WITH THESE SPECIAL GUYS????????? We took them out to eat afterward and had a great time.

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