Good morning! Como esta?
Uhhh… yeah I know a little Spanish. VERY LITTLE.
We have been having a wonderful time here in Honduras. What an experience to travel every day to new areas of opportunity. We have been to so many different projects and missions.
Yesterday we were able to go to AFE which is a school for children who live in the dump of Tegucigalpa. I have been here and worked here a few times before, including the group I came with last November. There is a little boy there names Samir who has captured my heart since the first time I seen him. Every year that I have returned he knows me by name and I melt every time I hear him say it. There are many people who come from the states and work at this school so the fact that he remembers me just impresses me all the more.
We were toured around the school this year by the wife of the man who created the X Box. No kidding. We were told that he had come to Honduras on a trip and loved what was happening at AFE and really helped financially with the project. While walking through the school and seeing all they have done in the last year I heard a little voice,
“Cheala!” (They have trouble with the “Sh” sound.)
I turned and there was Samir.
That made my day!
If you look at the sticky post above this one, Samir is the boy in the picture with me. That was November of 2009. Yesterday, my husband took a new picture for me.
Today, about an hour from now, we are off to visit the transition house. This is a place where kids go when taken off the streets to assist them in getting off the drugs and leading a healthier life. I have been here before too and there is a little boy here – Louise, who was taken off the streets a few years back at one year old. I am hoping I get a chance to see him today. He was with his older brother on the streets when they were found, his older brother is at Manuelito who can house older boys but children as young as Louise stay at the transistion house until they are a bit older. I would think in the next year or two he was move out to Manuelito with his brother.
Having my coffee, enjoying the start to my day….. 😀
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This is so fun to read – thanks for sharing!
Good morning, Sheila…that school sounds absolutely amazing and the fact that your name is remembered there says a lot about who you are. I’m so glad you’re having a wonderful trip. Enjoy the day. xox
Oh, that is so heartwarming, and I’m feeling what I used to feel when I helped families…here, in the United States. Need is everywhere. I’m glad you’re contributing and feeling the joy that goes with that.
You are a true angel and I thank you for everything you do.
That is so awesome that you got to see Samir again. I love these updates about your trip!
I think it is wonderful that you come back year after year. I’m sure that means so much to the kids. Thanks for sharing the photos. And amazing how much kids change in such a short time, isn’t it!?
Your photos speak a thousand words…finding the roses among thorns. What a great example you are setting for those children.