Like the Honduran sun, we were up before 6:30 to a breakfast of cornflakes, papaya and canteloupe. By 8:30, paint brushes and rollers were in action (and so were we). Some of the group spent time with more kids for one-on-one reading and math. There were a few mishaps today... After being locked into the volunteer house by Janice, a local bird decided to bless Loraine while she was reading with Mario. He thought it was funny and even apologized. She wasn´t sure if he was apologizing on behalf of the bird, or for laughing. Up in the dormitory, Louise was painting trim
up on the ladder and had a spider fall down her shirt!





After our lunch of pulled beef, rice and a cucumber and carrot salada, everyone took a siesta to rest up for the afternoon. We had a local contractor come in to work on the windows we chipped out and to put a layer of new stucco on the wall we knocked off. Even though he was throwing wet cement onto the wall, he managed to stay cleaner than the rest of us!

While the rest of us were playing with the kids, Doctora Susana was called to action to examine a few of the kids with minor ailments since El Hogar´s regular pediatrician is no longer available. She fixed most of the kids up with hugs and a few advil. Nurse Luisa fixed up a few wounds too.
Since we get so many extra tortillas with all our meals, Hilary introduced us to a new dessert recipe that sends us all to sleep after we crash from our sugar high... Peanut butter and nutella with trail mix on the tortilla. We´ve never had anything better!

The common area in the volunteer house is pretty dim because two of the light bulbs were burned out. On an outing today, Raul and Susan were supposed to get a few bulbs, but forgot. It´s ok, Raul says, we can just walk up the street to the Chinese place to get them. We weren´t sure what bulbs to get, so Rick was going to get the ladder so we could get one down. No need, says Michael as he hops up onto a swivel chair that Matt spun him around on. On his rotation he got two bulbs down. How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb?


Tomorrow we are going out to the Technical Institute to do some work there. We aren´t sure what, but are ready for anything.

Hasta mañana!