Orphanage and Artist

These are a couple of our very memorable days. Last week we went to an orphanage that USD has "adopted". We were able to play with some of the 120 children for the afternoon. One boy in particular, was interested in Dad's umbrella. He spent a good hour opening it and shutting it. Each time it opened, he would just squeal. It was a lot of fun. If we could take a couple of them home, it would have been that boy and then this one who was a miniature five year old. He is sitting atop a stack of high chair trays.

Next, we have been able to befriend an interesting artist, Clemente Orazco. His grandfather was Jose Clemente Orazco, a prominent Mexican muralist. His murals are found in many government buildings and tend to depict the oppression of the Mexican people. Clemente, showed us around downtown Guadalajara and took us to a museum that his family had some influence in. The picture is of the two of us with Clemente. He then took us back to his studio/home. I was amazed by it's simplicity. He only used one light bulb and had only a small fridge. He said his electricity bill was only five dollars every two months!!