Lots to say... and new kids.

So the last two days I have gone to Trujillo. Today I brought back two kids with me, more on that later.

So yesterday I woke up bright and early remembering that I forgot to renew the insurance on the van. So before we could go I had to get it renewed. We didn't leave until 9:30 instead of the planned on time of 7:30. It was a full day at the hospital. We found out that Lourdes does infact have a tumor on her abdomen that is the size of a fist. They are going to have an operation to remove it as soon as they can...which is August. It's August because there is a waiting list for operations because there are so few doctors and beds available. So please be praying for Lourdes.

Today was the big day at the courthouse. We arrived on time to our court appearence for the final decision for the Rojas family. Or at least that is what I was expecting. What it actually was was the final date for us to plead our case. So we had been waiting over 6 months for a 5 minute presentation that our lawyer was limited to. The other side didn't show up to plead their case so we got a little extra time. So...now the actual final decision doesn't come for another month or so. After the case with the supreme court we decided to go meet our judge that deals with all of our kids cases. Well... as we walked in so did two boys accompanied by the police. The police had picked them up off the street. Their names are Luber and Wilson and they are cousins. They say they are 13 and 14 but they look and act like 10 and 11. So they were sitting in the judges office completely beside themselves sobbing uncontrollably. We decided that we could make space for them because we had one room in a house that didn't have any beds in it.

They didn't want to go anywhere. Luber was the first to give in and get up off his chair, but there was much more cohersing Wilson. Wilson started latching on to railings and chairs that we would walk by but Luber would just keep walking so eventually Wilson would get up to catch up to his cousin. Then as we were getting on the bus Wilson hid under a table that we pretty much had to pull him out from under. He settled down a little bit once he got his seat on the bus, but was still crying. Thankfully they started a movie on the bus and they both became glued to it. Wislon even cracked a smile about halfway through at a funny part.

When we arrived in Pacasmayo, Wilson started rapid fire with questions, like how far away is it to trujillo, where do those taxis go, ect ect... all kind of implying he was trying to come up with a master plan to escape. Which I'm sure they are still trying to figure out as I'm writing this. We soon made it to the Orphanage where they showered, changed into fresh clothes and got something to eat. During lunch they started talking to me. I found out that they also know Quechua which is the native language in the mountains here in Peru. So they had fun probably making fun of me in Quechau for about 10 mins after they realized I didn't know it. Then we went outside and I kicked the soccer ball around with them for awhile. After that there was a lot of games today at the orphanage put on by the pyscologist. So they got to meet all the other kids and have fun, eat ice cream and all the snacks you can imagine.

After dinner I was sitting down with them and they were asking me a bunch of questions like, "How are my parents going to know I'm here, when will they come get me...etc." I found out through a bunch of questions they live with their uncle in Trujillo above a small shop. Their parents live in Cajamarca which is a mountain town. It came up later that their uncle they live with is 15 because they said, "I'm worried about my uncle, he's sleeping alone tonight." I replied "well... I think your uncle can probably take care of himself. Then I thought to ask...well how old is your uncle." Also... where they live isn't really a house, more like a crawl space I don't think the store owner knows he has people living in. In order to pay for food they sell chocolates from 4 am, until 12. Eat lunch, then supposedly go to school (kind of doubting that one) then sell more chocolates until late at night. They really want to go back to Trujillo... but right now the odds aren't looking so hot. I had to drum up an extra lock tonight to put on the big swinging gate because I already caught them trying to sneak out once. I tried to explain to them how dangerous it was for them to try and walk around by themselves, but I don't think they really care much.

I'll post some pictures of today's happenings tomorrow, but right now I gotta get some shut eye.