Sunday is a Day of Rest

This morning I got to sleep in a bit from my normal 3:30am waking time because it is Sunday, meaning that we have off this day (from our normal 6am routine) and church begins at 8am...so I slept in 2 more hours.  There was a pastor from town who led the service today and talked about King Uzziah who followed the Lord in the beginning of his life and reign as king, but then over his 52 years of reign, he became more and more proud of the man he was and in the end he did some things that he shouldn't have, so God touched his forehead with leprosy and ended his reign.  The pastor talked to us about being careful not to become prideful in that way.

After church, Noah and I came back to the room and played a game of Uno and Skipbo before heading to the store.  In the almost 3 weeks that we've been here, we have not yet purchased a meal at the store, so today we purchased lunch there.  Lunch consisted of 2 tortillas, 2 meatballs, rice and a salad.  While we were eating, Luis David came over and told us that he was watching over David and Lydia's (Orphanage Emmanuel founders) house because they had went into Tegucigalpa after church to pick up David's sister from the airport.  They would be gone until tomorrow.  There needs to be at least 1 person up at the house watching over it, because Luis David claimed that people break into the orphanage and then try to get into David and Lydia's house to steal things.

When we got back to our room, Michell was waiting for us on the porch, so I spent the afternoon with her (from lunch until suppertime).  Gradually a few more big girls came out and sat with us on our porch and in the end, there were 8 girls and I sitting in a circle just chatting.  The Miller family said later on that I should put a sign saying 5 cents out in front of me with a cup...similar to Peppermint Patty in the Peanuts comics.  I laughed at the thought, but the girls weren't there for advice, just to talk.

For supper, Noah and I heated up a bowl of rice and veggies that Bob had made a while back, and for dessert, I had thawed and heated up a large frozen cinnamon roll that I had bought in town.  Noah went to play soccer with the special needs girls, along with some of the new team members that came in yesterday.  They are Mennonites from Pennsylvania, and their attire had many older children staring that them Saturday afternoon when they came into the comedor around suppertime.  I had asked Luis David (who was also staring) if he had seen people dressed like that before, and he replied that he hadn't - with a shocked look on his face.  I'm excited to watch this young group (seem to be between 18 and 25 years old) interact with the children over this next week!

After the soccer game, I met Noah at the water fountain in front of the church.  We chatted a bit and then headed back to our room to settle down for the evening.