This morning when I walked the toddlers back to their house from the Comedor, the toddlers saw the cream colored dog just outside the Comedor. I am not sure if this dog belongs to a neighbor just outside the orphanage, but it's here pretty much on a daily basis. Some of the toddlers wanted to pet it. Eva told them to be careful because some dogs who come onto the orphanage grounds are so skittish that they might bite. Plus, Papi (David) doesn't like dogs roaming the grounds at all. They tend to get into the garbages, tipping them over and dumping all the garbage out...kind of like if you leave "good stuff" in your kitchen garbage back home and then leave your dog unattended.
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| Eva with the toddlers |
When we got back to their house, I learned that the toddlers wouldn't have school today. So I stayed in the sala with them while they watched some shows. Around 8am, Dunia decided that the 2 girls who were in the house should take all 14 toddlers on a walk, so we walked to the front gate of Emmanuel, then over to the farm to the cows, then to the horse barn, then it began to drizzle so we headed fairly quickly back to the house. I hit my 10,000 steps before 10am.
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| Walking towards the horse barn |
At 9:25am, I left the Toddler House to head to the school to see if I was needed in any teaching capacity this week. Recess is at 9:40am, so I had time to stop at the Girls Volunteer House really quickly to gather my books and stuff (just in case they would have me start teaching already this morning), but when I got to the school, I could see that they were getting ready to have a celebration. Students were dressing in costumes and rather than being at recess, everyone was still in their classroom waiting for the celebration. Both on the elementary and the secondary side of the school, they were celebrating the 201st "Absolute" Independence Day for Central America. Students presented on this day, talking about the Honduran heros of the independence, the historical facts and dates, the food, the culture, and ended with a traditional dance. It was very informative. When the presentation was done, they excused the children to lunch.
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| Josary presenting |
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| Jeremias (yellow) and Noah's friends: Olvin (blue) and Maycol (black) |
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| Lunch |
In the afternoon, I worked with Graciela's son, Dominic, on long division. He is in 6th grade and math is a real sore spot for many of the kids here, not too different from those in the States. We worked through problems at the Tienda for about 1.5 hours, even while the team brought groups of kids to the Tienda for treats (which definitely didn't help us with focusing). I sent Dominic 6 problems to work on at home and we said we would meet at the same time tomorrow for more practice.
After working with long division, I dropped my backpack off at the Volunteer House and then headed down to the yard to sit with Elsa, who watches the small girls. We chatted for a bit before heading to supper and once supper was over, that was pretty much the end of the night for me. I headed back to the house, relaxed and soon after headed to bed.
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