Orphans No More

This morning we headed to the medium girls' house.  Again, since I had my Bible, I was asked to do the devotions for the morning.  I talked more about last night's sermon which was about living in harmony.  I had noticed that the girls were wearing the T-Shirts that Kelsey's family had sent down from their church.  The Bible verse had been misprinted on the bottom, so the church couldn't use the T-Shirts.  When Kelsey saw them, she asked the church if she could have them to ship down to Emmanuel.  The girls now wear them as part of their school uniform, which is what they tend to do when they get shirts in bulk, since they have to match.

Kelsey with the medium girls wearing the 'Orphans No More' t-shirts.

After circle, we headed to eat breakfast and then John and I went to Profe Ramon's class for John to teach math.  He taught an algebra lesson on word problems, converting them into equations (with fractions) and solving them.  It went well and at the end, the students asked if Profe Ramon would let him come back on Friday to teach.  They did not have math class on Friday, but the students begged that the schedule be changed, so Profe Ramon said he'd talk to the principal to see if this would be okay and he'd get back to us...he later let us know that John should come back on Friday.

After lunch, Matt and Ellen took people from the team into town (Guaimaca) to see what living outside the orphanage is like.  Because of the new highways from Tegucigalpa to Guaimaca, the city is becoming more and more dangerous, so the team had to go in 'shifts' into town, rather than one big group.

While they were gone, I went with Rita to the elementary school (6th grade) where she taught the kids the words to the song: The Wheels on the Bus.  Our teenagers looked a little "less than excited" to be singing this in front of the class, but I reminded them that when they are in Spanish 1 or Spanish 2, they are singing the same types of songs (which would most likely get the same reaction from a native speaker).

After school I headed to the Arts and Crafts house (La Casita) where Kelsey and Bekah had some special needs children who were decorating crosses for the HoeDown.  We finished up with time to get ready for church this evening.  When I got to church, Doris informed me that Michell had left the orphanage with 2 other girls and there were people out looking for her.  This had me worried during the entire service.  I prayed quietly to myself for her safety and return throughout the service.  When we were walking Doris back to her house, another girl ran to us to let us know they had found the 3 girls and that they were back in their houses.  Michell didn't want to talk to Bob and me since she thought we'd be upset with her.  All we wanted to let her know was that we were glad she was back safe.

We ended the day with supper and another team meeting.