Dear Customers,
We returned from our trip to El Salvador on Friday!
One of the reasons why we went on this trip was to meet Jessicka, our sponsor student. We spent Thursday afternoon with her at the village fiesta and learned about how her life is changing as she enters into her second year at the university.
Jessicka is an incredible person and her devotion to her studies and family is inspiring. She studies International Relations and wakes up at 3am everyday to catch about a two-hour bus ride into San Salvador for her morning classes. Some nights she doesn’t even get to sleep due to her work! When Lauren asked Jessicka why she is studying International Relations, Jessicka said she believes this career path will help her build relationships with people around the world and allow her to return home to improve the lives and conditions of her village. We attached a picture of the three of us!
In addition to visiting with Jessicka, we spent a morning at the beach with the graduating high school class of Santo Domingo, went on several home visits in the village and visited historical sites around El Salvador. We also met with Santa Rosa Stitches and bought many of their beautiful hand crafted items. Please take a look at their website! http://www.santarosastitches.com/
On Wednesday, we traveled down unpredictable roads to the farm. We met with the men and women who grow and sell their crops to financially support their families. While there, we celebrated Father’s Day and ate cake! Even though their accomplishments at the farm are very impressive, their determination and will power to walk almost two hours everyday to get there is amazing.
When we visited Santo Domingo School, they put on a pageant and the boys played in a competitive game of basketball…The score was 6-6 after 30 minutes.
Again we would like to thank you for your support of Hill House Farm as we take on this new endeavor with Jessicka.
Harry will upload pictures of our trip to the website soon, so please take a look!
Thanks,
Harry and Lauren Hawkes