Friday Sept 11

Today was Dia Nino, which is Kids Day in Honduras. First I think that the US should have a Kids Day. We have Mother’s, Father’s and Grandparents Day, but NO kids day. So now that that is said, it’s a BIG deal here. We didn’t have normal classes on Friday and the kids got to go home at noon. It was a surprise to us because we were only told about it on Wednesday so that was kinda frustrating because it set me back on my lessons an extra day. The day began with me giving the kids a devotional and then the ninth graders came in for an hour and kinda took over my fifth grade for the day. It was great to see the older kids step up and teach and lead the younger ones. They did songs, devotionals and gave the kids candy for Dia Nino. Then we went up to the cancha (field) and played games, boys and girls doing separate games. After that each grade had one or two futbol games, which were a huge deal and you get major bragging rights. So my fifth grade girls beat the fourth grade girls, but lost to the 6th grade girls; it was the same for my boys. It was so cute how excited they were and I was really surprised at how good of players some of they were already at 10! They know way more than I do about futbol, obviously. I was on the sidelines the whole time, helping them stretch, get water, cheering for fifth grade with my handmade maraca (one of our art projects: plastic bottles filled with noisemaking things). It was really a fun day and I liked being able to have fun with the kids without having to admonish them for talking and tell them to sit down, raise their hand, etc. After the kids left, we had a birthday celebration for teacher’s birthdays that week as well as an amazing tipico lunch. And the best part was we got to go home at 2 pm. Jacki had left that day because her boyfriend was coming into Honduras, so when we got back home, they were there; it was nice to meet him after hearing so much about him from Jacki and they are SO cute together. J We didn’t get to hang out a lot that night though because we had to pack for Tela the next morning.