This morning began with church at 8:00am. I went with Noah to the medium boys house to pick up Jairo (one of the twins) while Alina and Bob went to get Michell. We met at the entrance to the church and then headed in together as a family to sit down. When we were seated, Bob asked if Luis David could sit with us as well. The sermon was led by Pastor German from in town (Guaimaca) and translated to English by David (founder of Orphanage Emmanuel) and revolved around the question, Are you simply a 'believer' or a 'disciple' of Christ?
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| From front to back: Luis David, Bob, Alina, Michell, LoriAnn, Jairo, Noah |
After church, we brought Jairo, Michell and Luis David up to the hotel to eat pancakes with syrup. Bob made up the rest of the box of pancakes and there were only 3 left, so he packaged them up in aluminum foil to send with Jairo for his twin brother. We then brought the three to the store for some sodas and also to meet up with Coco since it was her birthday. I had bought her a tres leches cake back on Wednesday, so we wanted to give it to her. We sat at the store until all the children came down to the comedor to have lunch, and then we walked Luis David, Michell and Jairo to the comedor so that they could join up with their houses.
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| Noah and Luis David walking to the store |
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| At the store, clockwise from Bob: Alina, Noah, Luis David, Michell, Jairo |
Luis David had told us that there would be a soccer game today, so we walked to our room to rest and get some water and a blanket to take along to the big soccer field at the back of the orphanage. It is quite the hike and that definitely helped in getting my steps in for the day (which I forgot to sync on time, so they didn't end up showing up in my Fitbit competition against my sister for the weekend). We had to walk through the farm on the way, so Bob and Alina stopped to pet the calves, who seemed to really enjoy the attention. There were more calves thank this who were waiting up ahead to be pet as well.
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| Bob and Alina petting the calves |
When we got to the field, we found some shade and sat by some older teen boys from the orphanage and cheered on Emmanuel. Althought I took my camera, for whatever reason I forgot I had it on me, so sorry that there is no pictures. They ended up in a tie, so had a kick-off (not sure of the proper word for it)...and it was the longest kick-off I had ever seen (not that I watch a lot of soccer games). I think they exhausted all of their players and had to begin again! In the end, we got a kick into the net and then Luis David (who is the goalie) blocked the one that came in for their team.
On the way back to our room, I heard a voice call my name and looked in that direction. It was my little Alejandra...and she was wearing the blue dress I bought for her! The first weekend of every month is reserved for family visits, and her mom had come today to visit her. I walked over that way and got to meet her mom. What a nice lady. She said that she hoped Alejandra was behaving for me. I said (with a smile), "She always does!"
I left them to visit some more and went back to our room. A little later I say Suyapa walking by and stopped her. I asked her if it was her birthday (I knew it was) and she absolutely jumped! She said, "You're not going to throw eggs at me, are you?" I let her know that I would not throw eggs at a girl, I just had a cake for her. I went to get her cake, a napkin and a plastic spoon and handed it to her and said Happy Birthday. She thanked me and went back by the big girls (who she is in charge of). After a while, I went down there as well to sit and chat with Michell while Bob made supper - rice with garlic, onions and green beans. After supper, I tutored Durbin in math to prep her for her make-up test tomorrow (she was sick on Friday), while Bob and Alina played Phase 10 with Michell. When they were called in for the night about 6pm, then we also went in to settle down for the night.
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