Friday March 18, 2011

Greetings from the token American. Today we went to the Father`s Day Celebration at El Hogar. We saw several skits, Honduran Folk Dancing and several songs were sung.

One was Imagine by John Lennon done in English by the sixth graders and Taylor and Megan.

All the guys got a tie for Father`s Day!

We then were given 5 minutes to gather all our stuff to go to the Farm. You would think were going on a two day hike with all the food we took. We were on the road after 15 minutes. Remembering the painful ride in the back of the van from the Technical Institute we put cushions in the back seat but judging from the groans whenever we hit a bump they did not help much. Lots of areas of extreme poverty were seen along the way.

Arrived at the Farm in time to eat lunch. Arturo drove us up and it was a battle to see who he would sit with for lunch. Louise won!

Then we spent 20 minutes waiting on a working bathroom. We saw the pineapple plants the first year students planted. It will take about 2 years be ready to harvest. No watering today because the students forgot to load the cistern. We then went by the banana plants and then went by to see the chickens, calves, horses, milk cows and pregnant milk cows. Cathy got one of the young calves to try to nurse on her fingers but nothing happened.

We then went back to the van and unloaded the suitcases from the top of the van. The carabiners were given to the boys. Smiles all around.

The van had to be jump started by pushing it down the hill. Fortunately it started. On the way back the four in the back slept a lot of the way. Photo can be obtained for blackmail purposes. Ros and Louise went for the icecream for tonight. We need to get our act together for the talent show tonight.

We had a blast participating in the Talent Show. The children at El Hogar and the teacher, Karen would perform and then we would perform. They did skits, a puppet show and songs. We did several camp songs, Junior Birdman, Ging Gang Goolie, and another song. We did a skit about our lack of Spanish and roller blades. Rick has unsung talents as an actor. Megan and Taylor sang Amazing Grace.

Then we served ice cream. Afterwards we had our nightly devotional. Planned our morning schedule.

Posted by Susan