Sunday, July 11, 2010

"Normal" day

What is a typical day like in Honduras? Today has been pretty "normal", so I thought I could share its events on here...

  • 7am (ish) - Get up, go out to wash clothes. I love doing the laundry in the morning, because it iscool out and washing by hand is a very mindless task. It helps me wake up and get my mindgoing. Usually some of the girls from Buen Pastor will come out and chat, too, so that is alwaysnice.
  • 7:30 (ish) - Come back in, have some quiet time. I am going through My Utmost for His Highestright now, so I usually read the devotion, read the context of the corresponding scripture, andcopy it in Spanish (I am trying to get used to scripture in Spanish!!).
  • I eat breakfast, and get ready for the day... no particular time...
  • This morning I did some sewing. I am fixing some shirts for a friend, and also my mom and I have been making bed sheets for the girls in Misericordia. In any down time, there is usuallysome sewing to be done.
  • We needed more thread, so my mom and I walked into town and bought some. Two spools ofwhite thread for the machine, and three zippers for purses that one of the girls is making... 12 limpira (which is about 75 cents). Crazy!
  • We got back, I sewed a little more, then we ate lunch. Today we had turkey sandwiches, grapes, chips and a really good salsa that my mom made.
  • This afternoon some of the Buen Pastor girls had an activity at school, so their babies are herewith the tia. I have been playing with some of the Misericordia girls and Javier and Gloria. Ourfriend Krista from home teaches students with special needs, so she gave us lots of ideas forthings to do with the girls. Today we took paintbrushes and water and painted the concrete. Itwas so sunny that the water would dry in about 15sec, so we kept busy for a while. We playedwith hula hoops and a punch balloon, then some of the girls colored.
  • Right now Javier is sitting in the office with me working on an ABC puzzle. He will startpre-school in August at the same school where I will be teaching!!
  • Not too sure what the exact plan for the evening is, but the girls get picked up at 4pm and atsome point we will eat dinner, and we will have devotions at 7:15pm tonight.

Today is a Tuesday... On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings my mom and I go to the Hogar to teach English with the kids. On Wednesday afternoons I do dance class with the girls at the Hogar, too.

So... a this is a typical, calm day. Some days are not so calm, but that is another post in itself=)

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