{"id":4074,"date":"2013-06-26T03:59:40","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T03:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/?p=4074"},"modified":"2013-06-26T03:59:40","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T03:59:40","slug":"a-castle-in-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/a-castle-in-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"A Castle in the Road"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one. – Dolly Parton<\/p><\/div>\n

There are a lot of roads in life. If you go anywhere you pretty much have to travel down a road to get there. Ever notice how sometimes you travel down some roads and you get nowhere and other times you find something awesome? I am grateful to say it was while traveling down this particularly dusty road on the outskirts of Ensenada I found the later.<\/p>\n

At the end of this particular road I found this…<\/p>\n

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It kind of sticks out like a sore thumb but it is amazing to see in person.<\/p><\/div>\n

Yep, that is exactly what it looks like. It’s big yellow castle, but this is not just any castle. This is a castle of hope, in fact the road it’s located on is called Esperanza (hope in Spanish). Hope is a good word to describe this castle because this castle is actually a school. Castle School is a part of an organization called Sparrow’s Gate<\/a>. It’s mission is to help kids throughout the world.<\/p>\n

Visiting this Castle School brought back some memories for me. When I was a kid I went to a place called\u00a0Castle Park Montessori. My memories of those days are a bit sparse but one thing I can remember was a lot of laughter. Luckily, at Castle School that is one tradition that continues on. Unfortunately, there are some things about this school that are not like my old Montessori.<\/p>\n

Basically, it has to do with the kids feet. If there was one thing I noticed is that a lot of kids were missing shoes. Some kids didn’t have shoes and the kids who did have shoes were wearing very worn ones. My mom and I have decided to start a shoe drive. Want to help us collect shoes? If so it is really easy. Just leave a comment down below and I will contact you and we will see what we can do.
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