Thursday

Today was a scheduled sports activity activity day. 

After breakfast, we boarded the van, along with a few kids squished in with us  (overflow from the school bus, and headed to Villa Olimpia, about 10 kms away, for a morning of coaching in various sports.  This is a huge sports park with various facilities for a variety of sports.  El Hogar is part of a  new program which allows the children to learn and play several sports, sponsored by the government for needy children in Tegucigalpa. 

 We spent  time observing lessons being taught by qualified Phys Ed instructors at different locations within the park.  The sports included basketball, tennis, pinp pong, Tae Kwon Do. racquetball.  Some of us were participating with the kids and when Louise was with the tennis group, she met two tennis players from the Honduran team (Number 1 and 2)  who had played last year in the Toronto Pan Ams,  We enjoyed watching our boys participate in several soccer matches with other schools.  It is amazing to watch these young boys that seem to have been born with impressive soccer skills from a very early age. 

After lunch, our team broke off into various work projects – some to continue with some of the painting in the dorm, some preparing for the evening craft and some preparing activities for the chosen group of children that needed extra academic help.  In the midst of all this, the rain heavens opened with incredible tropical downpour and a sound and light program for thirty minutes which gave us  temporary heat relief for a few hours.  The Hondurans are welcoming the rain as the weather has been hot, dry and humid.  The rainy season is about to start and maybe it has! 

It has been a joy to work with some of the kids needing extra help one on one and they are enjoying the interaction with us.  Our days are full and we were tired but content after a wonderful day that ended as usual with spending more time with them in crafts.  

No water again tonight which has been off since afternoon.  It often happens because the reservoirs are running low and rainy season with rectify the water shortage.  This pictures is of Moises and William who reqeusted that they keep the Canadian flags.