Missing Alina

    I woke up about 4am (which would be 5am WI time) in order to get everyone ready for breakfast.  We were told that on school days, breakfast happened at 5:40am.  Last night I asked the kids when they would like me to get them up so we could be down at the comedor on time and Jaden replied with 4:30am, Noah with 4:45am, and Kaylyn with 5am (she likes to shower the night before).  This is how our mornings will run from here on out, provided all goes well with these times.

Although very miniature, Jaden got to see his 1st gecko

   Oscar is now in charge of the kitchen, and breakfast consisted of arroz con leche (rice with warm milk).  As usual, Noah is not a fan and didn't finish his breakfast.  We made sure to see Michell, Alejandra and Gibran during breakfast and to say "hi" to each of them.  Gibran is Noah's sponsored child, and as for Michell and Alejandra...I call them each mija (my daughter) as I have considered them my Honduran daughters for years. 

   After breakfast, we decided to give Jaden a tour of Emmanuel so he could begin to get his bearings straight.  Generally we are down here for approximately 4 weeks, but due to Bob and my anniversary trip prior, as well as Noah and Kaylyn's volleyball tryouts in mid-August, we were only able to come for 2.5 weeks.  I am hoping that Jaden has enough time to adjust and grow to love this place as the other kids have in that span of 18 days.  As we gave the tour of Emmanuel and were sharing stories, Noah announced that he missed Alina by saying this "would be much better if Alina were here".  Kaylyn seconded that notion.  This was extra special since Noah really doesn't talk about missing his family members.

   Our room in the new team house is now set up.  Although they had 2 rooms made up for us (guessing one may have been for just me and the other for the kids), we have decided to all be in one room.  The bed at the forefront is mine, followed by Kaylyn and Noah (with blankets draping over to both keep bugs out as well as privacy), and lastly by the back window, Jaden.  The bathroom here has 2 showers and 3 bathroom stalls with 3 sinks, so we have already finagled how they will be split up and shared.

Our room in the team house

   I dropped off $2USD in the tienda for each child, which is about $48L.  Lempiras is the Honduran currency.  Jaden let us know that he bought a small pack of Zambos (plaintain chips) at the tienda for only $6 and that he really likes it here.  We will see once he begins working the boys jobs.

   Speaking of jobs, we went in to see Morgan at 1pm about what she would like us to do while we are here.  It looks like Kaylyn will be in the casa de tiernos (Toddler House) once again, while Noah and Jaden were to work with Moncho.  We later found out (from Moncho) that the work would be too dangerous for Jaden, so Jaden will split time between working with Mike who was varnishing tables in the wood shop and Alexander in the gardens.

   Kaylyn and I spent the afternoon on the playground with the medium girls and they gave us a lovely serenade along with dancing, while Noah and Jaden spent time with the small boys in the gymnasium.  When it was time to head to the comedor for supper, we chatted with Mike and Lydia about the sink faucets and other supplies that Mike had requested we bring down.  They were all able to fit in the luggage we had planned to bring down without going overweight!

   After supper, we once again decided to turn in for the night so that we were well rested to begin working tomorrow.