Hola from El Hogar! we all arrived safely ... including Priscilla flying standby, Sandy coming from Denver and Nancy coming by a more circuitous route.
Everyone was impressed with their landing at one of the world´s top 10 most ... well, let´s say challenging airports! Also, we were all astounded at the gorgeous new Tegucigalpa airport ... we were expecting a Quonset hut, but arrived in a truly lovely new facility ... Sandy and I arrived together on Delta and wondered if we were in the right place!
Those of you who have been here before would be amazed to see the magnificent new dormitory. Originally, I thought it was for the girls, but it is for all the children and it is a wonder -- up on a hill at the back of the property with an incredible view. They have moved in the youngest boys and all the girls. The girls´room is painted bright pink and each bed has a Disney princess bedspread. We came in just as everyone was finishing their afternoon showers and the girls were getting their hair done. They are absolutely adorable and loved learning our names and teaching us theirs. We will be doing some finishing work on that building -- sanding walls, painting, etc.
We are blessed to have with us Claudia Bell who is a retired Spanish teacher. Not only is she fluent, she knows how to interact with the children and has led us in a variety of games including gatto gatto perro . . . the Honduran version of duck duck goose! For those of you not bilingual as we are . . . it is cat cat dog! We drew with sidewalk chalk and jumped rope and will all sleep through any street noise tonight for sure!
My biggest thrill was showing pictures my daughter Elizabeth took 5 years ago and learning where each of the boys in the pictures is now. Some of them are still here and two of them have come and had their pictures taken holding the picture from 5 years ago!
The weather is lovely -- we are all beyond thrilled to be in warmer climes! The showers are interesting, but two have ventured in and lived to tell the tale. We had a delicious dinner of chicken and rice . . . tho´the vegetarians among us had to manage with granola bars and cereals. Knowing that it will be a challenge to get 15 women up, dressed and out of the ´house at the same time, we came up with a schedule and hopefully won´t be late to church a la manana!
We are going shortly with Claudia to read a bedtime story to the girls ... and then will probably collapse in bed ourselves.
Buenos noches from all of us to all of you. We love you and appreciate your support and prayers!-- from Priscilla tonight . . . and other on other nights ... and perhaps tomorrow with pictures.
PS -- there doesn´t seem to be spell check on this, so please forgive my spelling errors!
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