Omar!

Omar is Luis Manuel’s younger brother and has the sweetest eyes. He is a little boy but is not afraid to hang with the big boys. A year ago he was a lot quieter and kind of walked in the shadows of his brother, but in a year he’s really grown up. He’s making his own friends in the club, always finding games to play, and participating in all the sports days he can – even when he’s clearly smaller than everyone else.

Luis Manuel!

Luis Manuel (aka Lima) was the first child I fell in love with when I started volunteering with DOVE. He’s very close, not surprisingly, to his beautiful big-hearted mother, Meribel. She is the kind of mother that others could really look up to. That’s probably why he’s a bit of a “Momma’s boy”. Among other things, he’s so bright and even won an award after the 5th grade recognizing him as the top of his class. He us (his sponsor family) with a copy of his certificate, framed with his picture. Their kindness and the fact that they wanted to share his accomplishment with us literally brought us to tears. Lima loves to play basketball and is brother to Omar.