Tour de Mi Lugar
Driving by, it is easy to miss Familia Feliz unless you’re really looking. Only a small sign along the highway would even tip you off that we’re here. Assuming you catch the turn, I hope you arrive at sunrise. I hope you get to see the rosy gleams filter through the jungle and light the tin roofs on fire before beginning to warm the red bricks that make up our three elementary school buildings. My personal favorite holds my 3rd and 4th-grade classroom. My classroom is the size of my dorm room at home with one window’s worth of light flooding the white walls and 6 little desks. Well, the walls used to be white, but now they contain science posters, butterflies, and a couple of clocks-- the full rainbow of 3rd-grade education. As the sun continues to rise, it reflects off the big front doors of our campus church. These doors along with the windows let in the drifting rays, requisite tropical insects, and happy kids. The bright, airy atmosphere inside echoes the warm openness o...