May 2010 - Clarksville Family Magazine
May 2010 - Clarksville Family Magazine
May 2010 - Clarksville Family Magazine
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member of the family who had<br />
any shoes was the father. That<br />
doesn’t sound so standard<br />
either.<br />
While on the two-week<br />
trip, Eddie got stung by a<br />
scorpion, thankfully, not the<br />
deadly kind. He made it back<br />
to tell the story. The scorpion<br />
sting made him appreciate<br />
the readily available medical<br />
care we have in the U.S. He<br />
was too far from a hospital<br />
to get medical help with<br />
the sting. The school viceprincipal<br />
attended to his sting<br />
and advised him to take some<br />
medicine and wait to see if the<br />
sting was lethal or not. Luckily,<br />
the sting was not lethal. We<br />
sometimes take life and<br />
medicine for granted too.<br />
“After seeing what we take<br />
for granted here in America,<br />
there’s nothing that could<br />
stop me from going back,”<br />
said Eddie. “If we had not<br />
roofed the school, the kids<br />
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wouldn’t have gone to school.”<br />
Apparently, scorpions don’t<br />
scare real estate agents.<br />
In a country where school<br />
is only provided free up to<br />
6th grade, going to school<br />
beyond that point is another<br />
luxury that few can afford.<br />
This is what motivated Eddie<br />
and some other volunteers<br />
to find another project in<br />
Guatemala. They heard about<br />
an orphanage for girls located<br />
not so far from La Toma.<br />
The orphanage houses 48<br />
girls. Three nuns run the<br />
orphanage and there are two<br />
workers who help maintain<br />
the facility. The orphanage<br />
was about to close its doors<br />
due to lack of financial<br />
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