Hermana, I have never had a birthday like this before." He told me as we sat on the bus heading back towards the canal he calls home. Earlier in the day we had called him out from under the bridge and he had jumped out with a giant smile on his face. "Feliz cumpleaños!!" We had shouted and gave him a huge hug. We walked several blocks to find a place that served chicken and ended up at Burger King where we placed a paper crown on his head. He wore that crown for the next few

It was 2:30 in the morning, but I couldn’t sleep. An hour earlier it had started raining and I was worried about the kids. Were they safe? Did it rain enough to flood the drainage canal? Did they get something to eat? Are they warm enough? I had only just met the street kids that Lily and Ellie work with, but I could tell that these kids have a lot of pain in their little hearts. Daily life for these kids is a struggle. Food and water aren’t a guarantee. There isn’t a roof