Orphanage Emmanuel in Guaimaca, Honduras: All in a Day's Work!

So after my morning devotions and heading to the Toddler House to cut veggies, watch the toddlers in the 'sala' and serve breakfast, we needed to leave to begin measuring the big girls. There was no school today (like the Profesor Ramon mentioned), so we knew that we should be able to catch just about all of the girls in the Big Girls' yard. We got through 20 or 30 when the California and Ohio teams asked for all of the girls to come to the gym and participate in a VBS. I went as well, and it was pretty fun for the girls. Alina participated with Michell.

California and Ohio teams doing a VBS with all of the girls

After the VBS was done, we headed back with the big girls and got a few more measured before it was time for lunch. Alina decided that she wanted to each lunch in the 'comedor', a huge dining hall that was built between the time we were here last year and this year. I headed back to our room while she ate since I wasn't very hungry. When lunch was over we finished measuring the big girls that were in the yard, and then headed to the team house, the 'cocina' (kitchen) and to 'costura' (the sewing class) to get the 12+ girls that were in those locations before taking the filled out information to the office for Kim to enter. We dropped this chart off in the office and Vero Castro's medium girls were in the yard right in front of the office, so we asked to measure them. I believe we got about 1/2 way through the medium girls and will have to finished up with the other medium girl house another day.

After supper we headed down to the big girls' yard and found the teams playing a game of soccer with the big girls. Alina wanted to play too, so below you'll find a picture of her against Claudia (I mentioned her yesterday). Claudia is to soccer what Alina is to basketball...a tough player who's pretty good and walks around with confidence. Alina decided to give her a rough time on the field. I think she's hoping that she'll have a chance to get Claudia on the basketball court, because Claudia can beat her "hands down" (LOL) on the soccer field!

Claudia in the black shirt and Alina in the blue shirt. By the time the picture snapped, the ball was already to China in the yellow shirt.

We took 'Invisible' (Pamela) the new size 9 red & gray tennis shoes, although when we gave them to her...we saw they were a mens' size. She said she knew just the big boy to give them to, so we trusted her decision. Generally I pass along my tennis shoes and sandals to her before I leave anyway, so this year will be no different as I have a 2nd pair of tennis shoes waiting for me at home.

When we got home for the night, we decided to show you how much walking we do. Alina and I are always wearing sandals and what you'll see in the photos below is pretty typical in how we come home and how our feet look. It makes me wonder how dirty Jesus and his disciples feet got back in their day and also makes me realize how awesome it must have been to have someone else wash them.

Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus' feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

John 12:3 (NIV)