THE MOSAICS

Elder and Sister Albert in front of one of the mosaics

So many people have commented about the mosaics that are going to be in the dental clinic that I just had to do a special blog on them. Hermana Judy Albert (from Durango, CO) has spent hours, days, months on them. They are amazing. Last week they hung them in the dental clinic. As they went to move them, the boards buckled and many (underlined and exclamation point) of the tiles fell off. We were all sick....the Alberts were scheduled to leave this week. Wayne and I went out Saturday morning and helped scrape the glue off of the mosaics that had fallen. That gave Judy and her husband Charlie the time to reglue and redesign the mosaics.

Wayne and I scraping tiles to repair the murals

I just must say that they really are AMAZING.....I feel so blessed to be able to look at them every day. They tell the story of Tio Juan....the man who founded the orphanage here. Tio Juan means Uncle John...that is what the orphans call him. He is the man in the mosaic with birds on his shoulder. There is a rooster, dogs, as well as orphans in the picture. Wayne is going to use it as a visual aide when people start coming to volunteer here. This is the focus of the dental clinic....helping these people. If you lose that purpose, you are there for the wrong reasons.

Judy wiping off the grout

Charlie putting the pieces back together

Thanks Judy for a great contribution that will stay here for many years!!! We are so glad that you were able to be here......this is actually their second mission and they are planning on coming back to help build some more humanitarian projects....