Swimming was good with the adults yesterday. I took tons of photos, then part way through church as I was taking more photos I realized the memory card was missing. So no photos from yesterday.
My landlords got a new puppy! We were down to one dog and he was very lonely. I was surprised to be greeted by the barking of a puppy (he thinks he is a big attack dog already) when I left the house at 5 am yesterday. After church I got to meet him. He is cute! His name is Luke. He pees every time you pet him.
Which leads me to my next theme of the night. Jetty is having some sort of urinary problem. Last night I noticed she spent a lot of time going downstairs to her litter box. I noticed because normally she goes to sleep and then I, in turn, can sleep after she uses her litter box. But last night she kept going back and forth. Today when I got home from the church she was spending a lot of time in there. So I called the vet. She has an appointment tomorrow morning. In the meantime I am giving her apple cider vinegar. The internet says it helps with bacterial infections and kidney stones, so if it is not cancer, the apple cider vinegar should help her feel better soon.
I took a lot of photos today. Helped 2 kids with social studies homework. Had a fun class with the preschoolers. For some reason Samuel decided he didn't want to draw. Instead he cried under the desk. Oh Samuel. He is a handful, but I love him dearly.
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| Samuel is mad |
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| So he hid under the desk |
Everyone is shaken up because none of the buses near the church are running. The main hub is right at the corner by the bottom of the hill. The director of the buses was kidnapped on Friday and found dead yesterday. From what I hear the buses aren't running all week in protest of what happened. All of the kids have to walk to school. Some of the schools are very far. The morning kids are having to leave for school earlier and the afternoon kids are coming to the church a lot later. Some moms are trying to come up with cab fare for their kids. The buses are all parked on the side of the road and cabs are double parked next to them.
I know 2 people who saw the bus coordinator being kidnapped from the bottom of the hill. They people beat him up and pulled him into a car. They also said the police were right there and did nothing.
I am sharing some words at my church in Salt Lake when I go to the US. I am trying to decide if I want to talk a little bit about what life is like in Honduras, as well as what we are doing in the church. I think I might talk about some of the more striking differences to set the scene and let people know why the safety and the outreach the church offers is so essential to the people who live here.
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| Misael earned a sticker for memorizing scripture |
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Violet is concentrating - check out the tongue
And Misael's tongue in the background too! |
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| Milagro |
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There was an animal under the table, touching my knee -
Oh wait! It's Misael!! |
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| Violet is proud of her sticker (under her fingers) |
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| We took a break to play outside |
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| Big girls like their picture taken too |
