Fourth Anniversary of Serving in Honduras - Look at me now!

Just finished celebrating my 4th year of living in Honduras. Although the past year was difficult, it was totally worth every bit of struggle to arrive where I am now.

My coworkers celebrated with me. Here we are:

Abel, Jorge, me, Sandra (who runs the club with me), and Keyrin

Our friend Yesica wasn't able to come because her daughter is sick. Abel and Keyrin brought chicken wings. I cut up a bunch of fruit and we covered it in Nutella. We hung out in the garden. It's nice to have new friends who can go out and do things with me. We are planning a trip to Roatan in August!

Tomorrow I am skipping the weekly meeting and going with the psychologists to Las Minitas in Villa Nueva. We are starting a new group there for the prevention of sexual abuse. It's going to be so cool! It teaches prevention of sex abuse through song, art and games. A coworker is going to lead this group while Yesica and I observe. We believe we will be able to identify children who have been sexually abused by the way they respond to the activities. Then we can step in and begin treatment as needed.

Thursday is my first day to teach the reading, writing and math class (also in Las Minitas).

Wednesday morning is the class for kids with conduct disorder/Aspergers in the private Christian school.

Wednesday afternoon I go to the club for kids in Nueva Suyapa with Sandra. This week the club is focusing on self esteem - how we handle criticism and how our words affect others, both positively or negatively.

A year ago I never imagined I would be doing all of these cool things! I really love the way I am serving now. Not only am I able to bless others, I feel fulfilled and blessed as well.