The Bamboo Restaurant

Once the tournament was set, the boys began to build a special bamboo restaurant and the roof was made of palm leaves. This set a beautiful atmosphere for the tournament. Loud music played as the food was sold and the game was enjoyed. The boys did a great job of organizing and we made money for their class trip.

The Tournament

The attraction for the money making event was the soccer game. Three teams played. El Sembrador (in green) won the championship trophy.

Making the Food

There are twenty-four high school seniors this year. They've asked me to help them accomplish their dream of having a class trip this year. I've been working hard with them on many different projects. One of the things we're doing to raise funds is holding school soccer tournaments here on campus once a month. They worked hard at making a mini-restaurant for the event. Here is them in action making the food.

Honduras Father's Day

Honduras has Father's Day in March. For Father's Day, campus staff with their children had a little event to celebrate the occasion. One of the Bible School students worked with the children on a "PADRE" (DAD) acronym and each child had a part to go with their letter. Anna made us proud while she held the "R" and said her part in Spanish. They sang a song to them too. We had a Honduran pot luck, everyone bringing their own special dish to pass. At the end each child was able to put shaving cream on their dad and shave it off with a plastic spoon. Anna had too much fun with this one. Pictured below, Lilian Paman helps shave her husband as her children were too little to do it.

Visiting More Families

When we visited Campamento, we were able to visit with four families. Pictured you will see two boys who are in our discipleship class. Daniel Gustavo is pictured with his parents. Jose Miguel's mom left him and his dad when he was small. His father passed away a few years ago. He now lives with his grandparents. He is pictured with his grandpa.

Visit To Emanuel

Our students are on their one week Easter Vacation week. We have been visiting families of students today. In these pictures we were visiting three students at an orphanage in Guaimaca. Pictured is Ally, Anna, and Gwen. Gwen came along with us. She is a volunteer who my kids have adopted as an aunt. She is a GREAT volunteer, teaching English, updating brochures, and making wonderful relationships with our students.

Who Says Work Can't Be Fun?

We have fun while we work!!!!!!!!!

The Roof

The group paints the metal perlins for the dorm roof. What a process. Look from start to finish.

Lixy Daniela

Every so often we get to watch Lixy Daniela when her mom needs a babysitter. Anna and Ally really enjoy being "baby-sitters".

We Do Allow Break Times

Although our teams give 100% and work hard, we do have break times through the day too.

Time to Pour New Cement

It is time to pour new cement. Honduran staff, our students, and group members work together to accomplish the goal.

Eddy - French Work Team 2008

The Eddy/French team has been an annual work team who began coming down in February of 2005. We connected with them right away and they've been coming back every year since (except they skipped our furlough year of 2007). They've majority of the team is the original group from 2005, but they continue to pick up a few more each year. This year in 2008 we are focusing on remodeling our older boys' dorm. This team was able to help out with many aspects. Here is the team working on new concrete.

Allison's Birthday

Allison is four years old today. We let her choose a restaurant to go to celebrate her birthday and also let her choose a friend to go along. She chose Scarlet to come along (our group cook's daughter) and she wanted to go to Talapias La Pita because they have a trampoline. She wanted to "jump" for her birthday. What a fun time. Mommy and Daddy even got to jump with the three girls.

Group Bonds With The Boys

We encourage the visiting work groups to bond with the boys. Look at how this group just connected. They worked on the dorm during the day and played at night. GREAT EXAMPLES! Pictured: Manuel plays the guitar for the group on the front of the group center stairs, group member talks to boys on the fast soccer court bleachers, and group plays UNO with the boys in the group center.

Work Team Visits Village of LaPaz

We like to take our work teams to a near village, LaPaz, so they can see an idea of what types of homes our boys come from. On this particular visit Lori brought along a tub of shoes for the children. Pictured above: Mary holds Ally and a bird, a typical "store" in the village where they can make small purchases, and Lori leads the group in This is the Day (group sings in English while Lori and the villagers sing in Spanish).