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Friday, October 31, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
cake for dinner
I'm eating chocolate cake. This is not going to help the fact that I have not worked out nearly as much as I should have/would like to thus far...oh well, seguimos.
Today I ate a bowl of cereal, some little snacky things at the church, and a big piece of chocolate cake for dinner. But, the day was great! I got to go hiking with a group of boys from the Micah project. For those of you who don't know, this is a project that takes young boys off of the streets of Tegucigalpa, helps them get off of the glue that they sniff on the streets to ease the harsh realities of their lives, disciples them, and provides them with food, shelter and education. http://www.micahcentral.org/ here is the url if you'd like to learn more about what they do. Some of their stories, found on this web site left me in tears. But anyways..it was a blast to get to hang out with some of these guys today! There were also 3 boys with us today who have not yet joined the Micah Project. I am looking forward to getting to see them again on Thursday, as some of the leaders of the project have invited me to join them on the streets. I have been told that it will be "interesting", I think for lack of a better word, to see them on the streets while they are in their more common state, high on glue, and environment. They did well today on the hike without their glue; I'll soon see the difference. I'm excited and sad and curious. Back to today...This morning I was dropped off at the Micah house where they were throwing together sandwiches made of very white bread, frozen bologna and cheese or pb&j. I went with the pb&j. We then piled 20 of us into the old van that would take us about 40 minutes away to La Tigre National Park. It was a squished and bumpy ride but I enjoyed it and we made it there safely! We hiked about 2 hours in? I think. I was told it was a 3 hour hike, so divide it up how you like; I wasn't keeping track of the time! We hiked in to la cascara/a beautiful waterfall; all but 3 of us that is. Oscar, on of the older boys as well as two of the little boys who still live on the streets, Hector and Daniel, went off ahead and didn't know we were taking the trail to the waterfall and ended up going to the mines instead. We found them once we got back to the van though! The hike was beautiful! It was so nice to get out of the city and in to the naturaleza, not to mention the exercise! That felt great too! Once we finally got back to the van we realized that we were missing one more! Oscar’s younger brother, whose name I cannot get for the life of me, wasn't there. After waiting, sending back runners (who had to run back over the whole trail looking for him), getting notice through one of the workers with a radio that he had arrived at some other post after taking the wrong trail and was on his way back down, sending part of the group home on a bus while part waited for those who had gone back to look and the lookout who had stayed at the bottom of the trail....they finally found him! While we were waiting I got to take some fun jumping pictures with my new friends (although only one of them actually turned out), show off my aerial for some of them :) and get hit in the head with a rock! I have a chichote! a bump on my head! We were juggling and I had dropped my rock and bent down to pick it up when Charli, who is actually a very good juggler (and a self taught gymnast!) dropped one of his right on my head!
When I finally got home it was time for a snack, my bowl of cereal, and a bucket shower. The water still hasn't come! Here the govt. sends the water when they want! There is a big barrel that fills with water and gravity takes it down through the pipes to the pila (where you wash clothes if you don't have a washing machine like the Diaz family!), the sinks, the toilets and the showers. That tank has been empty now for 5 days...so, we shower with a bucket and only flush when completely necessary. haha. The only problem is, as of now we are using the drinking water you buy from the store and it's getting kind of expensive. So, hopefully the water comes soon or we're going to have to find another water source. So, bucket shower, and off to the church for the opening of the new building! Bc of the rain they weren't able to put in the foundation for the floor but the rest was done, and very quickly at that. Tonight they had a little opening celebration/service. I finally got to see some of the girls to a performance de danza. Here it is bad for Christians to bailar, but they can danzar. The latter is a form of worship, a dance you do for God. Elise and I have been trying to figure out what exactly the difference is...initially it was: ok, they can move their arms, but then, we saw in a performance that some of the kids did at AFE, they can move their feet. So maybe they can move their arms and their feet but just not anything in between! Tonight it looked to me like a form of ballet. Anyways, it was fun to be there tonight and to get to see the kids from AFE, the Ordonez family, as well as some of the group from the hike who came out to support. I really enjoyed getting to get out of the house and hang out with new friends today. I was very ready for it! It left me feeling like I could definitely stick around here for a while, reinforced my desire to come back!
ok, i don't know how this thing works, but I am going to try to post some pictures of the day...
Today I ate a bowl of cereal, some little snacky things at the church, and a big piece of chocolate cake for dinner. But, the day was great! I got to go hiking with a group of boys from the Micah project. For those of you who don't know, this is a project that takes young boys off of the streets of Tegucigalpa, helps them get off of the glue that they sniff on the streets to ease the harsh realities of their lives, disciples them, and provides them with food, shelter and education. http://www.micahcentral.org/ here is the url if you'd like to learn more about what they do. Some of their stories, found on this web site left me in tears. But anyways..it was a blast to get to hang out with some of these guys today! There were also 3 boys with us today who have not yet joined the Micah Project. I am looking forward to getting to see them again on Thursday, as some of the leaders of the project have invited me to join them on the streets. I have been told that it will be "interesting", I think for lack of a better word, to see them on the streets while they are in their more common state, high on glue, and environment. They did well today on the hike without their glue; I'll soon see the difference. I'm excited and sad and curious. Back to today...This morning I was dropped off at the Micah house where they were throwing together sandwiches made of very white bread, frozen bologna and cheese or pb&j. I went with the pb&j. We then piled 20 of us into the old van that would take us about 40 minutes away to La Tigre National Park. It was a squished and bumpy ride but I enjoyed it and we made it there safely! We hiked about 2 hours in? I think. I was told it was a 3 hour hike, so divide it up how you like; I wasn't keeping track of the time! We hiked in to la cascara/a beautiful waterfall; all but 3 of us that is. Oscar, on of the older boys as well as two of the little boys who still live on the streets, Hector and Daniel, went off ahead and didn't know we were taking the trail to the waterfall and ended up going to the mines instead. We found them once we got back to the van though! The hike was beautiful! It was so nice to get out of the city and in to the naturaleza, not to mention the exercise! That felt great too! Once we finally got back to the van we realized that we were missing one more! Oscar’s younger brother, whose name I cannot get for the life of me, wasn't there. After waiting, sending back runners (who had to run back over the whole trail looking for him), getting notice through one of the workers with a radio that he had arrived at some other post after taking the wrong trail and was on his way back down, sending part of the group home on a bus while part waited for those who had gone back to look and the lookout who had stayed at the bottom of the trail....they finally found him! While we were waiting I got to take some fun jumping pictures with my new friends (although only one of them actually turned out), show off my aerial for some of them :) and get hit in the head with a rock! I have a chichote! a bump on my head! We were juggling and I had dropped my rock and bent down to pick it up when Charli, who is actually a very good juggler (and a self taught gymnast!) dropped one of his right on my head!
When I finally got home it was time for a snack, my bowl of cereal, and a bucket shower. The water still hasn't come! Here the govt. sends the water when they want! There is a big barrel that fills with water and gravity takes it down through the pipes to the pila (where you wash clothes if you don't have a washing machine like the Diaz family!), the sinks, the toilets and the showers. That tank has been empty now for 5 days...so, we shower with a bucket and only flush when completely necessary. haha. The only problem is, as of now we are using the drinking water you buy from the store and it's getting kind of expensive. So, hopefully the water comes soon or we're going to have to find another water source. So, bucket shower, and off to the church for the opening of the new building! Bc of the rain they weren't able to put in the foundation for the floor but the rest was done, and very quickly at that. Tonight they had a little opening celebration/service. I finally got to see some of the girls to a performance de danza. Here it is bad for Christians to bailar, but they can danzar. The latter is a form of worship, a dance you do for God. Elise and I have been trying to figure out what exactly the difference is...initially it was: ok, they can move their arms, but then, we saw in a performance that some of the kids did at AFE, they can move their feet. So maybe they can move their arms and their feet but just not anything in between! Tonight it looked to me like a form of ballet. Anyways, it was fun to be there tonight and to get to see the kids from AFE, the Ordonez family, as well as some of the group from the hike who came out to support. I really enjoyed getting to get out of the house and hang out with new friends today. I was very ready for it! It left me feeling like I could definitely stick around here for a while, reinforced my desire to come back!
ok, i don't know how this thing works, but I am going to try to post some pictures of the day...
Saturday, October 25, 2008
un besito
I got kissed today. looks like i've found my honduran boyfriend! His name is Axel and he's so so cute! Today I got to go with him and some of the other Micah boys and leaders to La Tigra, near the national park where we went last weekend, to run and ride bikes. It was pretty cold and drizzly and muddy, but it was fun! It felt good to run, even though I feel out of shape! Axel and two of his buds road their bikes. Him and his friend Hector got new bikes today so it was fun for them to get to try them out. They dropped me off at my house, and that's when it happened! My honduran novio, who happens to be 12 years old, gave me a hug and a besito on the cheek :) I think I have a crush, or two or three...I could definitely take some of these little guys home with me!
ok here's Axel and I at the waterfall we hiked in to. Just pretend that it's not a terrible picture of me!
oh yeah, while I am updating this little post...I made him bleed the other day! oopsies. He was chasing around one of the other boys outside the Micah house and then he walked over to me and I put my arm around him in a very friendly little choke hold and then he started trying to trip me and so I faught back a little...just kind of playing around and I told him "what you didn't know is that I have 3 brothers!" He stopped so I relaxed and then he went for me again and my reflex sent my thumb right into his gums...oopsies! sorry little brother!
ok here's Axel and I at the waterfall we hiked in to. Just pretend that it's not a terrible picture of me!
oh yeah, while I am updating this little post...I made him bleed the other day! oopsies. He was chasing around one of the other boys outside the Micah house and then he walked over to me and I put my arm around him in a very friendly little choke hold and then he started trying to trip me and so I faught back a little...just kind of playing around and I told him "what you didn't know is that I have 3 brothers!" He stopped so I relaxed and then he went for me again and my reflex sent my thumb right into his gums...oopsies! sorry little brother!
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