Dinner with Jane and friends

I previously mentioned that last night I was having dinner with Jane who started Evelyn's Baskets of Love and Life. She and Susan will be here in Guatemala for almost two weeks and will be visiting hospitals, orphanages, schools and clinics. They will be teaching mothers how to properly feed their babies and give them a basket with the needed supplies. The goal is for these babies to continue to gain weight and have the surgery they need.

This is Jane and her friend Susan who travels with her. Felix is helping her make the contacts that she needs and they also have a driver who is taking good care of them.

Lisa and Kemmel were also at the dinner and Virginia..........I am sorry but I failed to get a photo of these people. Virgina is a nurse and works with an organization here called ASELSI and also is helping Jane with some connections.

This is a painting that Felix' father painted and gave to Jane. The basket represents the basket of items that Jane give to the family. The bottle in the front has three large kernels of corn. Here in Guatemala, corn or maize is very important to the culture. It represents the cycle of life with includes birth, life, death and rebirth. There are small hands coming from within the basket reaching out to the large hand. The small hands are the babies in need and the large hand is the help they are receiving.
Jane has a website and is blogging as she travels. Her site is http://www.evelynsbaskets.org/.