Thursday Day 6

Good morning to all.  The internet has been out for about 18 hours and so we were unable to get Thursday's blog out.  Here it is now!

Today was another day of coming and going at El Hogar! After breakfast, we listened to the opening ceremony, with a theme about telling the truth, and heard 2 more beautiful songs from Heyser on the guitar. We are all enjoying this morning session to inspire us for the day.

We don’t usually worry about high fashion at El Hogar, but we felt we needed to record these 3 ladies looking so good at 6:20 in the morning!

As well, 4 children whose birthdays are in February were given a special celebration, with an opportunity to learn about the job they want to have when they grow up from a person in that field. What’s more, they get to dress the part!








Two boys who hope to become agricultural engineers joined the group going to the farm today.  Jaison and Elmer. 

 After the opening, the team divided, with one group visiting the Agricultural School, about an hour and 40 minutes from El Hogar. The trip took us through some other parts of the city we hadn’t been before, and provided a lovely view of the mountains. We are all enjoying  the glimpses of Honduras we get to see!  

 Once at the farm, we saw Jorge, who has been sponsored by St. Luke’s for 5 years, and now is settling in at the farm. He is receiving a special photo book of pictures taken of him since we first sponsored him and of pictures of St Luke's and of Burlington. 

Abrahm, one of the teachers, toured us around the fields and showed us the animals.

After the tour, we all met for lunch, enjoying  some delicious enchiladas and cantaloupe juice!

Back at El Hogar, the rest of our group was finishing fitting all the new shoes for the children.  

Now there are even more smiling faces! Glen and Chris did the finishing touches on the refurbished desks, 

and Lynn and Ros continued writing reports of the children they assessed, and the two and Erika prepared for a seminar for the teachers tomorrow.

This evening, the whole team went out for a lovely dinner at a traditional Honduran restaurant. We were joined by Claudia and  Raul, and Matt Engleby (who is the director of the 4 sites). One highlight was Glen’s maraschino cherries brought in a martini glass, which he got after he ordered sherry!  

The evening ended with a soccer game at 10pm against a few of the teachers.

We look forward to our last full day tomorrow at El Hogar.

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