At the St. Henry de Osso Family Project’s afternoon camp, Robb Elementary survivors are...
led the program with help from Suchy, Sister Mary Lou Aldape and 10 sisters from San Antonio, Kalamazoo and Los Angeles. Other volunteers from the local community included a Robb teacher and her daughter, a Uvalde college instructor. And some parents helped.Remembering the lives lost in Uvalde“We remember in a special way our friends who were killed. We remember those who were hurt. We ask you to bring healing to our hearts, to our families, to our friends and to our town.
The campers were asked to write messages on paper hearts during a discussion about faith and fear July 26, 2022, the second day of Camp I CAN in Uvalde.“We are on a journey together. We really have to lean on each other now so we can continue walking forward. This massacre — this tragedy — has broken us all,” Aviles said. “We are broken earthen vessels and the one that can heal us is Jesus Christ. He uses us as his instruments for healing. It’s a process.
Throughout the shooting and standoff, Ayala sat a couple blocks away in her vehicle, trying to calm herself and support her mom. In texts, she told her mom she was loved and offered prayers. She told her mother to model deep breathing and calm to her students.Two months later, at the camp, mother and daughter returned to this practice, leading children through sensory and deep breathing exercises.
Rising fifth-graders Noah Orona, from left, Juan Padilla and Jose Daniel Martinez laugh as they perform a short puppet show July 27, 2022, during Camp I CAN in Uvalde.Every survivor here carries a story of pain and resilience. Not every victim was shot. Some were in rooms 111 and 112. Some were in other wings. Some weren’t even in the building.
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