Rainbow Families Foundation Newsletter - November 2005

November 2005

I am just getting a chance to go on line. The electricity was out all day yesteday and came back last night. It seems the government has it backwards. The electricity usually goes out between 8 and 10 am in the morning and comes back on 8 to 10 pm at night making it difficult for businesses to operate who are not able to have generators. Fortunately though with electricity in the night it is more comfortable to sleep with a fan. When there is no energy in the night it is unbearable to sleep. Usually by this time the days are a little cooler but still the days are very hot. I borrowed a fan and now with the money you sent I will be able to return it and buy one. It helps to keep the mosquitoes from biting too. I am proud that we were able to send relief money to the Katrina hurricane victims. I do not see tv at all since I left the aparta-hotel. Maybe I will go to the pawn shop and see if I can get a little tv and antenna to keep up on the world events. I got a newspaper yesterday but there was no news about other parts of the world. I am good friends with Iris, Ana Irisīs mother, the 2 year old girl that died last year, September 11th. Iris continues to suffer over Ana Iris passing and now has internal problems and may not be able to give birth again. I think I told you that Ana Iris was an only child and so loved and protected by her mother and father. Iris sister, Mabel, is also a good friend of mine. They are cousins of Jacobo. Jacobo is very involved in politics and running for regidor. I think this is county commissioner, not sure. The family is doing well and the girls are growing. Jacoboīs sister is now a teacher in the private school. This sounds glamorous but the pay is only about 3,000 pesos a month, or about $100 us dollars. Sometimes the private schools pay less than the public schools.