May 2010 - Clarksville Family Magazine

member of the family who had
any shoes was the father. That
doesn’t sound so standard
either.
While on the two-week
trip, Eddie got stung by a
scorpion, thankfully, not the
deadly kind. He made it back
to tell the story. The scorpion
sting made him appreciate
the readily available medical
care we have in the U.S. He
was too far from a hospital
to get medical help with
the sting. The school viceprincipal
attended to his sting
and advised him to take some
medicine and wait to see if the
sting was lethal or not. Luckily,
the sting was not lethal. We
sometimes take life and
medicine for granted too.
“After seeing what we take
for granted here in America,
there’s nothing that could
stop me from going back,”
said Eddie. “If we had not
roofed the school, the kids
8 Clarksville Family
wouldn’t have gone to school.”
Apparently, scorpions don’t
scare real estate agents.
In a country where school
is only provided free up to
6th grade, going to school
beyond that point is another
luxury that few can afford.
This is what motivated Eddie
and some other volunteers
to find another project in
Guatemala. They heard about
an orphanage for girls located
not so far from La Toma.
The orphanage houses 48
girls. Three nuns run the
orphanage and there are two
workers who help maintain
the facility. The orphanage
was about to close its doors
due to lack of financial
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