October 28, 2011



Aminata-2 years old

Hello! My name is Aminata and I am currently in the room for the smallest children in the daycare. However, there is a small chance that I will be moving up to the next room. I live close to the daycare and come everyday with my sister, who is in the room for the middle aged children. My mom works in a kitchen, helping cook, and my oldest sister is in high school. My dad is not in my life at all, therefore, no one is home to watch over me. That is why I have to come to the daycare.

In the daycare, I love playing with my friends but I love dancing more than anything! I always look forward to the moments when my teachers play music, so I can dance. I also love being in the center of attention, as well as showing love to anyone around! I am always happy and love life.

Please pray for my life, that I will be able to grow up healthy and have a future. My family does not have much money and it is hard for my mother to look after me at times. Please pray for my mother, as well as my father wherever he is at. I really wish I could know him and have a father to play with.

-Aminata

Please take time to pray for this particular girl and her entire family as often as possible. The children of this family are particular caring of others, and love life. However, their life is not particularly good. Please pray for their mother that she would be able to find a way to better care for the children as well as for herself. Please pray for health and safety from day to day. Also, pray for her father as he is in and out of jail. That some day, he may realize what he is missing out on in the lives of his children!

Paz, La Guarderia Samuelito
Proverbios 22.6

October 17, 2011


Here is a video showing a bit of the children in the day care. They are the future of Bolivia and specifically of this neighborhood where most will spend their lives. The daycare is a big part of their lives right now, and will continue to be a part of their lives as they grow up and too have children. Without the daycare, the children are forced in the streets day after day, unsupervised, and in the path of crime. Being a daycare serviced by donations only, WE are put responsible in helping these children have a future. Please consider supporting a child either monetarily or in prayer. For information on supporting a child and helping pay their education for the next year, please email, laguarderiasamuelito@gmail.com for more information!

Paz, La Guarderia Samuelito
Proverbios 22.6


Thiago-4 years old

Hey! I'm Thiago. I am from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and I go to the Guarderia Samuelito. I am currently in the highest classroom and have two more years left until I can go to school. I live with my mother, my stepfather, and my older brother. My mother works in a glass shop and my stepfather is a brick mason. It is hard for them to care for me through the day so I come here. I have been coming to the daycare since I was about 6 months old. My entire family has came to the daycare and gone the entire way through, all three rooms.

I really love the daycare and look forward to coming each day. It is a second home for me. I really like playing rough with my friends, but at time, I have trouble controlling it. I am generally good, but have a problem with retaliating when someone fights me. If I could control that, I would be perfect!

Please pray for health and safety each day for my family and I. I don't know what I would do if I couldn't come to the day care each day. Also pray for my conduct in the classroom each day, as I continue to work on controlling my temper!

-Thiago

Please pray for Thiago and his small family. Pray for health and strength to continue each day as the heat and summer is coming, as well as the season for sickness. It can be a hard season of rain, heat, mosquitos and sickness. Also pray for Thaigo's behavior during the day. As he is a great kid, at times he loses his temper, getting him into trouble.

Paz, La Guarderia Samuelito
Proverbios 22.6

October 14, 2011


Lizeth-2 years old

Hi! My name is Lizeth and I am two years old. I may be two, but I am going on 10! I live with my young family of 3 other siblings, and my two parents. My one brother is Dylan, who I come to the daycare with. Our parents have their glass cutting store close by on the highway, and it is too dangerous to stay with them when they are working. Therefore, I come to the Guarderia Samuelito!

I absolutely love the daycare and don't know what I would do without it. Everyday I come hanging out the window of my dad's car, yelling to my teachers and my friends. In the classroom I am very "curious." So much at times that it gets me in trouble with the teachers and other friends. I don't have a single fear, nor is there anyone I wont talk to. I absolutely love life and take it two steps at a time!

Please pray for my small family as they continue to provide for me and my siblings! Also pray for me as I continue to grow up, for good health and strength, as well as I can not be as "curious" in the classroom, that I could learn to behave more appropriate with my friends and teachers!

-Lizeth

Please pray for Lizeth to be able to grow up with good health and be strong. This is an incredible little girl, she just has problems focusing. With proper care and a great education, Lizeth will be able to grow up with a horizon full of opportunities! Also, pray for her family and the problems her parents have at times, that they can continue to show care and love to the children day to day.

Paz, La Guarderia Samuelito
Proverbios 22.6

October 12, 2011

Only 10 minutes ago, Yuneth (the director of the daycare) received a phone call from the Government informing la Guarderia Samuelito that they once again, October 15 of this year, will continue supporting the daycare financially. After making an appearance on national television in Bolivia on a game show to earn money, support was pulled from the Government as they said that the Guarderia did not mention them as a financial supporter while on the air. This left the daycare in a financial crisis to finish off the current school year (through December). Meeting after meeting has been called with the Government and the daycare, trying to resolve the situation and regain support. Finally, after a month and a half of "penalty," the Government has once again decided to support the daycare, paying $370 every month for the next year. While this does not seem like all that much, it is an amazing gift for the daycare to have. Thanks be to God!! Thanks for the support through prayer and donations. Please remember the daycare in prayer as we continue to push forward, being a light for these children.

Paz, La Guarderia Samuelito
Proverbios 22.6

Nicolas-2 years old

Hey! My name is Nicolas and I am in the orange room at La Guarderia Samuelito. I am two years old and I live together with my mother and my older brother. My mom is a great mother for us and does anything she can to provide. As of now, she helps another woman cook, as well as a saleswoman. She sells all sorts of things from cleaning materials, to makeup and lipstick. She is a pretty busy lady, so I come to the day care so she doesn't have something else to worry about through the day.

I love coming to the daycare everyday, as I get to see my friends and play with all the cars they have. I also love playing soccer during recess time with the other kids at here.

I would like you to pray for my health, so I can continue to come to the daycare. But more importantly, I ask you to please pray for my father, that he would some day want to come back and care for me and help me grow up.

-Nicolas

Nicolas is a great little guy and always a beacon of light during the harder days. He always has a smile on his face, barely ever causes problems, and is the only one in the daycare that says "Thank you!" after every meal we serve. A very well mannered child. Please pray for his father. In Bolivia, but especially in the daycare, it is very common not to have a father figure in the children's lives. What a blessing it would be for Nicolas to get that chance to have a male figure in his life!

Paz, La Guarderia Samuelito
Proverbios 22.6

October 10, 2011


Camila-2 years old

Hey! My name is Camila and I am two years old. I come to the daycare everyday with my older sister who also stays all day. Our father usually brings us on his bicycle on his way to work, but other times my mother can bring us. My mom is a secretary in a school and my dad is a construction worker! They are great parents and do anything they can to support us. With our best interest in mind, they found the Guarderia Samuelito in the beginning of this year, and we have been coming every since!

I am in the youngest room in the daycare, for children 6 months old to 2 years old. I love playing with the other children, as well as helping the younger ones learn to throw balls and use blocks. I have had a bit of trouble with my development, however with my professors and my parents, I am getting better each day with walking and talking and am getting more and more curious each day!

Please pray for continued good health as well as for my young family as they continue to support my sisters and I as we grow up! Please pray that I continue to improve each day with developing quicker so that I soon can move to the next room for older children.

-Camila

Camila is a very determined young child as she continually is struggling with growing. With continued support each day by teachers, she is now walking almost perfectly, and is starting to form small sentences as she continues to learn to talk. This girl is a great addition to the day care, as every teacher loves seeing her each morning with her smile! Please pray for her health and family and that they can continue to help their children grow up!

Paz, La Guarderia Samuelito
Proverbios 22.6

October 7, 2011


Dylan-3 years old

Hello! My name is Dylan! I live here in Santa Cruz, just a few blocks down the busy highway from the daycare Samuelito. I live in a small house with both of my parents and my three young siblings. We live right on a major highway where tons of cars are flying by. My dad is a glassworker and his his shop at the intersection near our house. I love playing out by the road with my little sister, however, it is hard for my parents to get work done, as well as keep on eye on us. Therefore, we come to the daycare everyday!

I love coming to the daycare and always have a smile on my face when I am reunited with my friends. However, at the end of the day, I am always thankful to see my father. In the daycare, I love playing with the toys, as well as eating! I am always one of the first ones back for seconds! I really love the daycare and don't want to imagine what life would be like without it.

Please pray for my young family as my parents continue to try and better our lives. Prayer for our health as well as our safety as we continue to play near the road. Also, please pray that my parents can improve their relationship with each other, making the house a more loving place to be! With love!

-Dylan

Dylan is a lively, fun little guy to have in the daycare. He has great potential to grow up and make a good life, we just pray that he can get some better support from his family. They try very hard to make a good life for the children, however, it is hard times. Please prayer for Dylan and his siblings as they continue to fill the daycare with joy!

Paz, La Guarderia Samuelito
Proverbios 22.6

October 5, 2011



Rider Angel-2 years old

Hey! My name is Rider Angel and I am 2 years old. I have spent my entire life living here in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. I live in a small room with my mother and my older brother Uriel. When my mother was still pregnant with me, my father was killed in a construction accident. It has been very hard on my mom, but she is making the best out of life and doing a great job raising my brother and I.

My mom is a teacher at the daycare, and brings my brother and I along to stay for the day. I just graduated into the same room as my brother, so we enjoy picking on the other kids together, however, I am still too small to hold my own! Playing with the other kids is my favorite part of the day, especially out in the sand.

I ask that you will continue to keep me in your prayers as I continue to grow. Please pray not just for my health, but that I continue to behave well in the classroom. The daycare is a great place for me; and my small family, and I want to continue to be able to come.

-Rider Angel

Please continue to keep Rider, his brother Uriel, and their mother in your prayers. While Rider's mother is very young, she has seen her share of battles but continues to come to work with a smile everyday and takes what she is given. Pray for continued guidance in their lives as they continue to be a part of our daycare!

Paz,
La Guarderia Samuelito
Proverbios 22.6

October 3, 2011

Mauricio-3 years old

Hi! My name is Mauricio and I live here in Santa Cruz. I am the youngest of three boys in my family. My dad is a micro (city bus/transportation) driver and my mom sells refreshments in a very busy area with lots of people. For this reason, I am in the daycare. It is too dangerous for me to stay with my mother during her work.

I have had problems in my development at a young age and it was always hard for me to move quickly, such as running and jumping. However, each day I am getting better and stronger. I love being at the daycare as I am always able to play with the other children there, as well as try and help my professors! I love giving hugs and kisses to all the professors.

Last week, while playing on the playground, I fell off and landed on my arm. As it had just healed from breaking it a few months ago, it broke again and hurt so bad! I had to stay numerous days in the hospital as the doctors examined everything over. Thankfully I did not have to have surgery. It is also a hard time because my mother and father are both traveling and I am staying with my aunt for the current time.

I ask that you pray for my health each day, and especially for my arm. I want to spend time back at the daycare with my friends, but at this time I am unable to come. I also ask that you pray for my family and that God will help solve some of the problems that my parents have.

-Mauricio

Remember Mauricio in prayer, especially in this time with his arm. The medical system in Bolivia is not the best and if money is not present, you are not always promised care. This is a major concern and we are doing everything possible to get Mauricio the appropriate care. Also pray that problems in the family could rapidly be resolved!

Paz, La Guarderia Samuelito
-Proverbios 22.6