Trying my hand at plumbing

Got the faucet off the pila this morning and took it to Don Juan.  He bought me a new one and let me borrow his wrenches again.  I attached the new faucet as soon as I got home tonight, but in order for it to be on tight, it turns to far.  Basically the water comes out facing 9 o'clock.  I think if I buy some of that white, skinny, sticky tape it will fill in the gap and I can put it on straight so the water comes out at the bottom.  Never tried my hand at plumbing before, but I have running water in my house and the faucet on the pila is functioning.  Yay!

I was supposed to tutor my individual student today but he has horrible asthma and had to cancel.  Misael is also sick again.  His has a cough, which got worse throughout the day.  Last time he got this type of cough he was really, really sick for over a week.  It was bad.  Since his mother has Lupus we worry that she might get sick too.

Today was the day that Walter and some boys from La Tigra got called to get the stuff the grocery store is throwing away.  It happens at the beginning of every month.  This was one of the times when everything stunk like a dirty dumpster.  We got Ensure and lots of little pudding cup sized baby food.  There was some sun block, body wash, and lotion which will come in handy at the breakfast program for the kids who shower there.  There were also bags and bags of mini Reece's Peanut Butter Cups.  Everyone held their noses and scrubbed the packages, then we opened the bags and dumped out.  Some people tasted them.  I couldn't get past the smell today.  I mostly worked on making a meal for the boys.  It felt nice that everyone trusted me to cook for them.

Preschool was good today.  We counted up to three, talked about colors, made music, drew shapes and practiced good manners.  Some of the kids can count to 100, but others can't count at all.  I thought it would be hard to teach such a variety of kids, but really it makes everything easier because the kids who already know how to do things help the others.  We have a nice balance.

Lourdes and I worked more on the special project I've been talking about every day.  We are about 2/3rds done.  It was raining today so we couldn't go to Los Pinos to take photos.

Lourdes and Jairo are celebrating Jairo's mother's 80th birthday tonight.  Lourdes was a little worried because we stayed so late at the church that she didn't have time to prepare.  I love how people here go with the flow.  She will do her best to get everything ready and everyone will be happy with the party exactly as it happens.  That's we we roll in Honduras!

Jarvin, Merlin, and Misael  - Some of the preschoolers

Merlin

Merlin's leather shoes which are very typical here