A Sunday at Emmanuel

This morning I woke up at 5:30am, although our alarm was set for 4:30...I guess it's still a little difficult to get up yet.  I woke Noah at 6:30 to shower, and Alina at 7am since she had showered last night before going to bed.  We were told church began 'a la 8 en punto' (8am sharp), so we were there about 7:45, but people didn't start arriving until about 8 and I don't believe the service got started until around 8:15ish.  The sermon was delivered by a pastor on the Alabama team who is from the same hometown as Wade's father.  The team doesn't appear to be very large in size, but I do recognize them from last year.

After the church service, I took Noah and Alina to the tienda for brunch.  Due to not stopping at a grocery store in Tegucigalpa (I felt bad that the 4 other passengers of Norman's would have to wait for us to shop), and due to not yet being assigned to a house, we will need to eat at the tienda for a bit yet.  I'm so thankful that I brought a few extra dollars to cover this expense.  Andi let us know that we should be assigned to a house sometime on Monday.  I am guessing she will be putting us either with the toddlers or the power toddlers, but it's just a hunch.  Wednesday we will head in to town to get a few snacks and things to have around us in case the kids get the munchies.  At the tienda, we met 2 volunteers: Arturo (from Texas) and Jordy.  The tienda was serving chicken salad tacos, so Noah got his first chance to try Honduras tortillas.

When we finished eating, Alina headed to the yard out front of the church to chat with the medium girls while I took Noah to the medium boys house.  They were wrapping up watching 'The Croods' (again), so we stayed and took a couple of pictures before walking with them to the dining hall so that they could eat lunch.  After lunch, we spent time in the big girls yard and I had a heart-to-heart chat with Doris.  After our chat, I grabbed Alina and Noah so that we could head back to our room to get some more water and then took them once again to the tienda (Alina said she was 'starving').  On the way, they heard 'ball bouncing' in the gymnasium, so they stopped to see the small boys finishing up a game of basketball.  As the small boys were eating a snack, Alina and Noah took to the court to show off a few moves.  When everyone left the gymnasium, we headed to the store.  They were serving hot dogs with cole slaw, mustard and ketchup piled on top.  We each got a bag of Zambos chips for later and they also had some ice cream.

Left to Right: Sergio, Noah, Gerson

Alina (in yellow) shooting and Noah (in black) defending

After supper, we spent a little bit more time in the big girls yard, chatting before heading back to our room for the night.  We played Connect 4 and a few card games, then Noah spent some time writing in his journal while Alina worked on her Spanish.  Noah and I headed to bed while Alina used that time to read one last chapter in her book before turning the lights off and heading to bed herself.