Although we technically went to sleep this morning at about 3am from our flight from O'Hare, the kids slept for a few hours and I may have gotten some rest in as well in that chair. Both Kaylyn and Jaden woke around 5am as employees and travelers started to fill the airport. We rearranged Jaden's chairs back to how they originally were, but there was another family looking for somewhere for their son to rest/sleep, so we left Kaylyn's arrangement of chairs for them.
The hotel we originally would have spent the night at offered free breakfast, so we were missing out on some critical protein and fruit for breakfast, and all we had packed in our suitcases were granola bars. Because of missing the hotel's breakfast, I had to get us something that would get us through the day...so we headed to a restaurant where Kaylyn and I had an omelet and Jaden decided to go for some sort of breakfast burrito. Our plane out of Houston was on time and within 2.5 hours, we landed in Comayagua. The airport had Wifi, so Kaylyn and I connected for her to reach out to friends and I just wanted for my time to be correct on the phone (Honduras is an hour behind Wisconsin). What I didn't realize later was that I didn't connect my Fitbit at that time, so I would have to go a few days looking at the time on my wrist and subtracting an hour.
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| Houston airport |
When we came out of baggage claim, a man named Luis was waiting for us with my name on a card (yep, like you see in the movies). I directed Kaylyn and Jaden over to him and decided to use the bathroom one last time since the trip to Orphanage Emmanuel would be about 2.5 hours and we weren't really planning on stopping since we all had water and granola bars to snack on. Luis got us to Emmanuel easily enough and after getting through the security gated entrance, we met up with Danielle who let us know we'd be staying in Hotel #1 (the room closest to the kitchen of the 3 hotel rooms). There was a double bed, twin bed, and a set of bunk beds in this room, as well as a couch and luggage table. It was nice to have something a little more cozy since it's just the 3 of us.
We got our bags into the room and then ventured out. We didn't get much off of the porch of the hotel and we all heard a girl shriek "Gloria!!!" And then shouted for Alejandra to come out of the 'grandecitas' dorm. So we went up right away and spent a little time up there with Alejandra. I was pleasantly surprised to see her, especially since she had told me last summer that she wasn't sure she'd be here this year since her mom told her that she'd like to come for her.
As we walked around more, we ended up seeing Invisible (Pamela), Sarai, Julisa, Oscar, Jose, Alexander, Chino and Moncho. We talked with Oscar about meals at the Comedor (dining hall). Kaylyn decided she would eat a granola bar or two each morning, so she will be missing breakfast. About a week ago, I had started mixing a vanilla bean protein powder with my coffee, so I decided this would most likely get me through the morning as well...although I do like arroz con leche (Kaylyn and Noah do not)! So it would just be Jaden eating breakfast in the comedor. All 3 of us would eat lunch and supper down here though, but just a half portion since the heat down here tends to make you less hungry.
I planned to leave $5.00USD each week at the store for Kaylyn and Jaden to use as they wish, so if the half-meals in the Comedor aren't enough, they can supplement with a treat from the store.
We made our way back to the room and sorted through our suitcases (since all was mixed together so we could hit a goal weight of 200 pounds, 50 per suitcase), getting out the items for the kitchen, the bathroom, the first aid kit and then making sure each one of us had a suitcase for our own personal belongings. When that was done, it was definitely time to get some rest.
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| The white door leads to our bathroom (toilet, sink, shower) |
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P.S. Don't be fooled by the pictures. After originally choosing their beds, Kaylyn decided she wanted to go with the twin bed and Jaden ended up with the bottom bunk.
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