Dia de Indio

The coffee that I made this morning turned out WAY better than the coffee from yesterday.  I figured out the problem (which may make some of you avid coffee drinkers laugh)...there was no lid on the coffee pot, so the grounds container flooded which threw grounds into the pot.  I searched quite a bit for the lid before finding it, but that was the solution!  No grounds in the coffee this time around.

Today is Friday.  It is BIG circle, which means that all of the children gather together in front of the medium girls house, the clinic, and the building where we are staying to have their devotional time and to sing praises to God.  The medianos had to recite their Bible verses this morning, and as I've mentioned in earlier years, instead of just one verse as we used to do in grade school, they memorize an entire chapter and recite it.  After the medium boys, the small boys went to the center of the circle to recite their verses.

BIG Circle at Emmanuel

Noah and Jeremias at BIG Circle

The medium boys reciting their Bible verses during BIG Circle

At breakfast, one of the medianos gave Noah a Moon Pie - which I believe is the 1st moon pie he's ever had.  Those are quite common here at breakfast, almost a daily treat for the kids after they've finished their cereal.

I spent the morning working with the kids in reading once again, but the big event of the day was that both the high school and the elementary school were celebrating Dia de Indio.  Normally this is celebrated on July 20th, however the school decided to celebrate today.  The high school had some people from town come into judge the performances by each of the different classes.  There were posters with the history of this special day, as well as the culture and food and flora/fauna of the different areas of Honduras.  They gave presentations on all of this to the judges, as well as showed them traditional games, and bombas.

Monica with her Dia de Indio partner in the high school

One of the many high school performances

In the afternoon, the elementary school celebrated Dia de Indio by having a female and male representative from each grade dress up as the 'indio and india mas bonita'.  Then they also showed their costumes and walked around and introduced themselves in front of 4 judges who voted for the winners - kind of like voting for prom king/queen.  The indio from 6th grade won, along with the india from the 5th grade.  It was a very fun day to be a part of and the first time I have been able to witness these events in the school.

Noah's friend, Sergio (5th grade representative) with his Dia de Indio partner

Jeremias (Kindergarten representative) and his partner for Dia de Indio

4th grade representatives for Dia de Indio

5th grade representatives for Dia de Indio

2016 Indio y India mas bonita