Wednesday Club

This Chikungunya is not only driving me nuts physically, I am also losing my mind! On Friday I left the front gates wide open. Luckily, I took the garbage out as soon as I got home, so I saw that the gates were open. Monday I went to work thinking about a vet appointment. Somehow between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. I totally forgot about the appointment. Today I left the front gate open again! This time I came inside and got to work editing photos. Fany called me to ask if I left it open on purpose, which of course I had not. I even let the cat outside twice. It's a miracle she didn't escape. If Fany hadn't gone to work on the plants in the garage, we may have left them open all night. Who knows what else I've forgotten that I never realized at all. Scary.

Our club was extra special today. A pastor in the community came with bibles and a study guide for each kid! He is going into schools and is also doing a campaign on the streets to hand out bibles. His campaign is called blessing invasion, or Invasión de Bendicion, which sounds much better in Spanish.

He told all of the kids they have the potential to be anything they want to be. Then he made an interesting point. Sometimes we talk about children being our future. He said the children need to be our present. It is right now that will determine their success when they are grown. For that reason they are important to us today. He told them he wants to see someone from this community be part of the Honduran government in the future. It was very encouraging and empowering.

We have a hard time getting our hands on Spanish bibles in Honduras. I haven't seen them for less than $25, so this was a really incredible opportunity. At one point he said he was handing out 4000. Then I thought he said 5,000. I'm not sure how many bibles he is giving away, but it's a lot. And his name is Pastor Angel. ♥

I had to do an interview today for the donors of my program so they will know what is going on in the literacy class. Afterward my boss's assistant, who is known to be grumpy, sent me a message thanking me for the information and for a job well done with the class. It was nice that she took the time to do that. I like the way we are treated at the organization where I serve. Obviously others do to. Every person started out as a volunteer. Many worked 8+ years before they started receiving pay. I've never heard of such a thing in my life, but my coworkers are proud to have done it.

Next week the organization is getting 20 new people. Just in the one year I've served, we've gone from 100 to 130 people. Now we are going to be 150. We used to occupy one building. Now we are overflowing in three buildings with desks in every corner. Not sure where we'll put 20 more, but they are welcome!

The kids were amazed by the smell of their new bibles

Pastor Angel telling them
they can be whatever they want to be

I discovered this boy really loves to read.
I will keep an eye out for books for him.

When given the choice of playing or reading
they chose to read their new books about values