No Photos :-(

This morning we got a little bit of a break because since it's Friday, there is 'Big Circle' right outside our room.  Big Circle, which happens on Fridays only, is where all of the children come together to do morning devotions.  Because they are gathering together here, it generally doesn't start until 6:30am rather than 6am that we need to be out the door every other day.  Unfortunately, although I had my camera on me almost all day, I completely forgot to take pictures because it was the first chance I've had to see ALL of the children since last year...so I walked around the circle and said 'good morning' and hugged many of the kids I had not yet seen.  A man from the Ohio group gave the devotions for big circle today.  He talked about the Bible's reference to the importance of the different parts of the body and compared it to the importance of each player on a soccer team in order to be successful, and then to the importance of each of the talents that are needed to keep Orphanage Emmanuel running well.  From Big Circle, the children head to the comedor (dining hall) to have breakfast.  After breakfast I went to my room to get my calculus because I was supposed to teach all morning (from 8:30am-noon).

While I was introducing integrals to the students this morning, Noah was able to stay behind in the yards and play with the medium boys.  I found out that he also got to ride around with Salomon (Moncho), who is in charge of the medium boys and do some errands here and there.  Moncho told me that Noah behaved well...no complaints.  I think Noah just likes riding on a gator.

After lunch, I walked into town with Milton to see if we could get a handful of movies for the medium boys, so that we could have movie nights similar to what we did with them last year.  I had a list of 10 movies, so the man said that it would take 24 hours to get them to me.  I'm guessing we'll need to walk into town again tomorrow.  I sure am getting my steps in!

During the afternoon, I was in the yards with the medium boys.  I stayed up in the pavilion with the special needs boys while the other played on the swings or played soccer.  When school was out, we headed back to the medium boys house to do the ensenanza (afternoon devotions).  Chino (one of the older boys in charge) led ensenanza and talked about proper behavior and how the boys were supposed to treat each other, in a way that is respectful to God.  We headed to supper, and ended the night with the breaking of a pinata that the Ohio group had brought over for the boys.  Again, I was wishing I had my camera at this point, but I guess earlier in the day I had taken it out of my bag.  Hoping to make a point of making sure that the camera is with me at all times!