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OSSO opens a new orphanage in Cuenca!
OSSO, with the help of Morrell Family Charities and Todos Los
Niños Foundation, has opened a brand new orphanage for up to 48 infants and severely handicapped children. The orphanage is located
just outside of Cuenca and is called Los Pequeñitos de OSSO (OSSO’s Little Ones). Read more 
On the day of our Orphanage Open
House, Volunteer Lindsey Esplin holds one of our children, in costume for the special program.
Rosero and
Chicaiza families coming to the United States!
Are you getting excited? We are! We’re looking forward for our Quito Project
Directors, the Chicaizas, being able to come here next March/April and for our Cuenca Project Directors, the Roseros, to come here next July. Read more
A cry for help—OSSO’s children need sponsors
There are crucial needs in each of the orphanages we support that are going unmet because we need more sponsors or
donors, but sponsoring a child is about more than just the money. It can be the personal touch
that changes a child from an orphanage statistic to a child that is really cared for. Love really can reach across the world and change people on
both ends. Read more
Del Parson
paints a commissioned picture for Los Pequeñitos de OSSO
Del Parson, a portrait painter famous for his paintings of
Christ (see his website), was convinced by the Morrell family (Morrell Family
Charities) to paint a picture depicting Christ with some of the children we serve, some of the Morrell family and some of the Rosero
family (the Roseros are OSSO’s Project Directors in Cuenca). Read more 
Miracles
follow Camila through her adoption
“It’s not pneumonia. There’s something very wrong with her heart.”
Those were the words of the pediatrician to Sister Blanca, the head nun. Four-year-old Camila had just arrived at the orphanage in Cuenca, Ecuador.
She was thin, short of breath and blue around the mouth. That was three years ago. She’s now an energetic seven-year-old who loves to swim and
play soccer. She lives in Northern Utah with her adoptive family. Her path from Ecuador to Utah has been strewn with miracles small and large. Read more 
“The Gringo
Gordo”
a short story by Rex Head
Just for fun—This is a story about how OSSO’s Executive
Director became known as “The Gringo Gordo.”
Everyone in Cuenca knows me as the “Gringo Gordo” (fat American). They could
just as easily call me the Gringo Alto (tall American)—I am a head taller than almost everyone. They could call me the Gringo Rubio (blonde
American) or the Gringo Rico (rich American). I would prefer they call me the Gringo Fuerte (strong American), or the Gringo Bueno (good American) or
the Gringo Justo (fair American). My fatness seems to be what they focus on. Read more
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IN THIS ISSUE:
OSSO opens a new orphanage in
Cuenca!
Rosero and Chicaiza families
coming to the US!
A cry for help—OSSO’s children
need sponsors
A commissioned painting by Del Parson
for Los Pequeñitos de OSSO
Miracles follow Camila through her
adoption “The
Gringo Gordo”
a short story by Rex Head
Help OSSO fulfill its mission by forwarding this newsletter
OSSO has many
missions from serving the kids and volunteers, to educating people about the needs of orphans. You can help us by forwarding these newsletters to
people who may want to volunteer, sponsor or donate, or just people who may want to know more about what we do. Friends, family, roommates,
etc.
WHAT ABOUT THE ALUMNI “ORPHANAGE/
CHILD” NEWSLETTERS?
Help us find lost alumni
Many of the e-mail addresses we have for
previous alumni are no longer valid. If you have alumni friends who you think may have changed their e-mail addresses since they served, please
forward this on to them.
Why is it okay that we’re using pictures of kids in orphanages for these
newsletters (and soon to follow on our website)? Find out here.
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