My THOUSAND Dollar experiment....Day 27

Hey guys! I cannot stress enough how awesome this whole experiment is turning out to be. I have landed a job I have been dreaming about and one that will finally pay me what I am worth. I know everyone around me tells me to not count the chickens before they hatch, but I CAN'T HELP IT!
It has been 17 years in the making, but OH SO worth the wait. I will keep you posted.

OK....$27 K.....Food For the Poor is looking really hungry today and I saw this awesome poster at my church when I went to teach the little Cherubs choir I teach all about the hungry in Haiti. So I am sending the $2700 to Haiti. It will feed a LOT of hungry people that deserve to eat.basic I have been waiting for a bigger amount to come around to do bigger things. I know I have spent a lot of time doing things for my home and my family, but you know what? We needed that boost. It has not been fun struggling from day to day. Yes, I know we are lucky to have met the needs of the kids and the house and the bills, but it has been tough to see everyone around you go out, go on vacation and do stuff that you couldn't. It was no fun to repeatedly tell the kids "no" so many times that they mostly stop asking. They say things like, Mommy, are we poor? How can I say that we are when we have more than most people in the world?!?! It would be a lie....but it has not been fun. We needed to have fun....and fun we are having; but now it is big dream time and boy, do I have some fun things to do.


I am taking the money left over today and I am going to travel to Ecuador for the sole purpose of buying land to build a school. I will get together with my family to discuss what would work best, consult, and purchase the land and supplies to start to build the structure. When I was a kid, I was given a trip to Ecuador as a gift for college graduation. While on my trip, my Uncle strolled into my Grandfather's kitchen where I was staying, and asked, "Alicia, how would you like to go to the jungle?" "Sure!" I said and the plans were set. Our mission was to deliver goods and a missionary to an indigenous group of South American Indians who lived in the Cuyabeno Reserve in the Ecuadorian Jungle. First, we boarded a plane that was tiny, then we landed in a tiny airport. From there, we took a 2 hour ride to the Army Base where we stayed at the Major's House (since he is my Uncle's Brother-in-Law ) We stayed overnight and the next day, we traveled one hour by truck to the edge of a river bank in a large canoe with the supplies and the missionary. There were large blue butterflies and monkeys....a whole host of jungle inhabitants. After about an hour or two ride on the river, we arrive at the Cuyabeno Lodge
owned and operated by yet another brother-in-law of my Uncle Marcello.

From the lodge, we proceed to deliver the goods and missionary to the Indigenous tribe. We took off and after about 20 minutes, we arrive at the river bank, then we have to haul ourselves up a cliff to get to the village. After some heavy breathing, we arrive! The people are there to meet us with greetings and smiles. It is an amazing site to see indigenous people, running happy and excited to see us. My goal is to provide a school for these kids or any of the other kids I encountered on my trip. I want to build a school and name it La Julia Pastor Escuela De Esperanza (The Julia Pastor School of Hope) in honor of my late Grandmother who I never got the chance to meet. I want the kids who I met riding on the back of a pick up truck to school to have a school bus, new school books and supplies, new equipment to play on, and a better atmosphere for them to learn. I want to give hope.
All the Best,
Alicia Bozza