Armandina Garcia

As Nomads we arrived at Armandina's home to fix her leaky sink, fix the back door and replace the screen on one door. We saw a very nice brick house near the road, a Hummer in the garage and when we arrived inside, there was beautiful furniture in the living room and she had granite countertops. Oh my goodness!

The rest of the story: Armandina and her husband (who worked for the school district in the maintenance department) went to Lubbock, TX, every summer with their tent. They and all their children picked cotton from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. for three months. Then, like most people in Rio Grande City, when they had enough money they would build another room for the house. The Hummer belonged to her grandson who stays with her each night; the granite countertops were bought by children and grandchildren and the furniture in the living room was purchased by a daughter.

The children don't know how to make repairs! Armandina qualifies for NOMADS because of the agency we work through (Disability and Aging). She gets a small amount each year for house repairs. So Earl put missing clips on the sink on one side; the other side he placed clips and then wired them to a supporting piece of wood. We fixed the screen door and the back door. For that, we were given some Menudo (tripe and hominy) and homemade tortillas.

She sells the egg shells with cut up tissue paper to Hispanic people - they place candies in them for Easter.