Thursday, September 23, 2010

Day 7 Photos: Census 2010

Thursday, 9-16-2010


Day two of the census. This time with no rain.

Lynn being helped by another gentleman, Jose. Though Tito is still accompanying her.


Duck friends!


Making our way to the first house of the day


Not sure who is helping who


**NOTE about the census: There were several things that really stood out today when taking the census. For example, at most places the whole family was not at the house. Most of the time at least one person was out in the fields working. Some of the children were at school and others just weren’t there. I also saw a lot of young moms and moms who had given birth at a young age. Something else that was interesting, and I personally think a little weird, were the old men who have young wives. In total, we visited 55 families on this day.


Digna (29) and her son (15)
Yes, her son. She was 14 when she gave birth


Kathy and her good friend, Chicho


Chicho is quite handsome


Maria (39) lives here with her husband Jose (48) and 3 children (and Chicho too!)


Taking a rest at Daniel's house


Daniel (51) and his wife Francisca (52) live here with 5 children. Daniel is a Delegate of the Word in San Francisco. Erika (in yellow) is a member of the youth group who I met in the spring.


Reyna (31) lives with her husband Jose (21) in Daniel's house (Daniel is Jose's father)


Gloria (66) lives here with two children and three grandchildren


Our entourage


Lynn being helped by yet another gentleman (her 3rd :-)


The stove in someone's house. This is the way most stoves look in the cantons.


Maria (71), on the left, lives here with her husband Catalino (74) and their two children


Someone pointed out that we had the same color eyes (blue)


Maria (34) lives here with her husband (35) and 4 children


Maria's cute little baby, Erick (2 months)


Sandra (30) lives here with her father (60), her two sisters, and her two children. Sandra accompanied us all three days we did the census.


These two girls walked with us quite a ways


Maria (24) lives here with her husband Andres (31) and three children


Walking to another house


Jose (45) lives here with his four children


Vicitacion (84) lives here with his nephew (36), niece, and his niece's children.
They are standing by two giant water collection tanks.


Angelia (39) lives here with her husband Ricardo (49) and their 9 children. Their youngest child is 23 who Angelia had when she was 16.


Kitty!


Reyna (36) lives here with her husband (35) and five children


Guillermo (87) and Maria (70) live here together



Cow friends!


Holding a tiny kitten!!


Lynn holding her friend's baby girl


Consuelo (26) lives here with her husband Guillermo (29) and three children


Making our way up the road


Holding Maria's little girl, Maria (6 months)


Maria (26) lives here with her husband Manuel (35) and their three children


Teresa (68) lives here with her daughter and two grandchildren. Teresa is Maria's (from the previous picture) mom


Walking up another hill


Oscar (39) lives here with his five children


A typical canton house


This cute little baby was afraid of the gringos


Lus (30) lives here with her husband Brijido (35) and five children


Maria (45) lives here with her two grandchildren


Brijido (72) lives here with his three grandchildren



Rosa (36) lives here with her husband Arnaldo (39) and three children



Juan (52) lives here by himself


Getting ready to meet the next family


Maria (42) lives here with four children


Walking to the next house


Mariana (74) lives here with three grandchildren


Cecilia (15) lives here with her husband Alberto (23), their son, and her husband's brother.
She is one of the youngest moms I met during this trip


Flor de Maria (32) lives here with her husband Isidro (34) and their four children and a 5th on the way


Juan (29) and Zulma (29) live here with their four children. The two youngest girls are twins. They are one of two sets of twins I know of in San Francisco.


Delmy (30) lives with her husband Wilfredo (32) and two children



Jan (87) lives with her husband Jesus (73) and grandchild


Some of the students at the school in San Francisco holding the stickers that the Presbyterian Women's Eve Circle collected and sent down


Maria (40) and her husband Alfredo (57) are new to the community of San Francisco


Maria (67) lives with her brother, her daughter, two grandchildren, and one great-grandchild


Nuvia (34) lives here with her husband Francisco (35) and three children


Miguel (60) lives here with his wife Migdalia and 8 children


Bathroom in San Francisco


Mission co-worker at rest


Lynn put her rain poncho on to scare off the rain


Miguel (59) lives with his Ana (44)


Niwman (29) lives with his wife Maria (21) and their two children


Mercedes (27) lives with her husband Ruben (23) and two children


Dolores (41) lives with his wife Rina (36) and their two children


Miguel (33) lives with his wife Estela (25) and their three children


Miguel & Estela's youngest son, Jose (2)


Maria (44) lives with her husband Jose (46) and five children. The twin girls, Zulma and Veronica (18) are members of the youth group who I met in the spring. The older boy in back, William (23) is also a member of the youth group.


Maria (44) lives here with her husband Luis (43) and two children. Their son, Ernesto (21) is a member of the youth group who I met in the spring. Their daughter, Wendy (11) has Down's Syndrome.


Lynn holding another baby


Maria (49) lives with her husband Luis (48) and three children


Martha (18) lives with her husband Luis (18) and their two children (the little girl she's holding and the little girl holding the stuffed dog).


Juan (86) lives at home alone



Turkeys!! Gobble, gobble, gobble!


Maria (53) lives with her husband Fermin (54) and his son


Maria (53) lives with her husband Salvador (55) and two children


Jose (61) lives with his 93 year old mother, Jasinta


Kathy holding a cute little boy


Jose (73) lives with his wife (19) and their son.
Yes, his wife is 54 years younger than him.


Rigoberto (30) lives with his wife Maria (30) and two children


These three boys live with their parents, Doroteo (55) and Zoila (49)


Ana (24) lives with her husband Oscar (23) and their son


Claudia (26) lives with her husband Francisco (50) and their son


Maria (79) lives with her son and three grandchildren


Little kitten I wanted to take home


Tito and Lynn


Tito and me


My little thinking niche


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