Guatemala 2: la bodega (the storage room where we organized all the donations)

The bodega was the other place I worked at. When we got there, there was one set of shelves with clothes on it and everything else was just thrown into bins or scattered on the floor. We had a big job ahead of us! Along with organizing what was already there, we had to go through all the suitcases of donations that our group had brought, plus others that were already there.

Some of the men in our group spent their time building shelves for the bodega, and tables and benches for the orphanage. Thank goodness for those shelves! We filled them all.

I worked with a great group of ladies at the bodega. Claudia, Maria, and Kathy were the main ones. We had a lot of fun! Especially when we found the box of Halloween costumes...there are a couple of pictures mixed in with the rest, so if you take the time to watch the slide show you'll see them.

The fun ladies! L to R: me, Kathy, Maria, Claudia (we used her scissors a lot, that's why she's holding them up).