Monday and Thursday mornings each week during summer vacation, breakfast is given to approximately 120 children in villa Esperanza thanks to the generosity of a few Mission Direct team members.
During the school year, each child usually receives a snack during recess and once in a while they receive either a hot lunch or a bagged lunch. But during the summer, there are many hungry children who go without a meal. 
With dedicated volunteers like Tina, Jane and Kathy along with some of the local people, the food is prepared and the distribution runs like a well oiled machine.
Teaching the children to line up to enter the church and to sit quietly and respectfully has been achieved for the most part, especially when they realize there is enough food for all who come. 
Kathy opens singing a few songs with the children and nurse Yany leads them in prayer. The clang of their metal cups when dropped adds to the noise but all goes well.
Kathy opens singing a few songs with the children and nurse Yany leads them in prayer. The clang of their metal cups when dropped adds to the noise but all goes well.
Tina and Jane distribute the buns, eggs and juice to the children who line up in groups of 10 and then are ushered outside by one of the helpers after receiving their meal.
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