carla (on the right) and her family live across the street from our office. carla is a "host mom" for students who come to copan to study spanish and also runs an informal catering business out of her house (two weeks ago i went with her to serve meals to a WorldVision group who was doing a training here -- reminded me of serving food to the groups with Tomasa in Mexico). almost every volunteer who has come through copan to work with UPH has stayed or eaten at carla's house. she has a mothering spirit and loves having people in her house like a revolving door. she teases and jokes and just plain has a good time when people are around.doña maría (on the left), carla's mom, turned 64 today. she lives with carla and is an opinionated, hard-core catholic, hard-working, wonderful woman who speaks VERY quickly. just about all the gringos i've talked to say that they never understand her. for some reason, she's taken a liking to me. she gives me hugs and kisses when i see her and calls me chula and preciosa (both very nice things). today she turned 64 and she is sporting a new dress that her son sent her from the US. I must say, she looks pretty sassy!
both of these woman make my days here happy. they show me love and i am thankful that God placed them right across the street from the office so that i get to see them almost every day. it's nice to have these lovely women around.
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