Paula

Paula

My name is Paula. I am starting my grade 8th at Girlstown.   Recently we had the chance to go for vacation. When I arrived at my home, I encountered my father drunk and this made me sad seeing him in this state. Before, my father and mother lived together in a room...
Hector

Hector

What was your life like before you´ve met the Sisters of Mary? (origin, circumstances, family etc.)  Since young, my parents were separated. My mother had left us and my father have to work out of the country. I stay with my grand parents and my uncles, working with...
Kenneth

Kenneth

What was your life like before you´ve met the Sisters of Mary? (origin, circumstances, family etc.)  I live with my grandmother. My parents don’t live together, since I was young, they were separated. My parents have their own family with 2 children each. My father...
Oscar

Oscar

What was your life like before you´ve met the Sisters of Mary? (origin, circumstances, family etc.)  I came from a poor family but with numerous members, I’m the fourth of ten children of our parents. My life was full of hardship, working with my father in the field...
Roberto

Roberto

What was your life like before you´ve met the Sisters of Mary? (origin, circumstances, family etc.)  I am blessed with 5 members in my family, my parents and my two siblings. I was helping my parents, as the eldest I need to work hard, looking for firewood, working...

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