Horeb Mother's Day

We have a second high school on campus which is run by the Central Church in town. They use our facilities each day and bus in 170 youth, boys and girls. We have eight internal boys who attend their school (and all eight are graduating this year). The majority of this group of boys have been with us since 2004, so they have been at El Sembrador as long as we have. They each hold such a special place in our hearts. Their school's Mother's Day event was at the central church in town. We took them in as we had in March for the Father's Day event. But, we didn't know the special events in store. When it was Alfredo's turn to take the stage, he asked Lori to come up and represent the eight boys as their mom. He said she has been the mother to these boys all these years and has been the one there to help them with homework and whatever other needs they have and gave her three roses from them. Then, when Osmel took the stage, he called his mom to the stage too. He asked Lori to come up as she has been his second mom. She was the class elect mom for the year and was given a wonderful gift from the class of thirty-two students. They gave her Victoria Secret lotion and perfume. The class all went together to pay for this special gift. It was a special night when they all hugged her to show her how much they love her and what a special mom she is. HOW CAN SHE NOT JUST MELT WITH THESE SPECIAL GUYS????????? We took them out to eat afterward and had a great time.

Zip Line

When teams come, if they sponsor a student, we allow them to take their sponsor student with them on our outing. Since our team this week was smaller and time allowed, Lori had fun zip lining and horse back riding with two of the boys.

Mother's Day Lunch

After the morning service, the boys invited their families to join us in the boys dining room for lunch. It is a pleasure to be able to get to know the boys families more and fun for the boys to get to know each other's families.

Mother's Day

May 11th is the biggest holiday of the year in Honduras. Hondurans take appreciating Mother's seriously on Mother's Day. Church was very special today. The Bible school students put on a beautiful skit about Solomon deciding who was the "real" mother of the baby. The Bible School girls did a great job playing their part, it almost felt real. Rigoberto did a great job being King Solomon. Anna was asked to be in the acronym Moms (Mamas). She memorized the "M". She does such a wonderful job with her Spanish and makes us so proud. Each year the school purchases a special gift for the boys to give to their mother's. This year Lori, with the help of her friend Lixa, chose to have tortilla basket linens made. They lined the alter for the boys to come and get for their moms. Needless to say, Lori ended up with quite a few as she is Mom to many boys on campus. The boys cards and special gifts mean the world. Mother's Day is always a special one with so many precious sons.

Josias' Birthday

We don't lack children's birthday parties on campus. This is the second one is just a couple weeks time. Josias is the son of our nurse and teacher/counselor on campus. He just turned one year old. His birthday was May 6th and it was celebrated on May 8th. Anna was chosen to be in one of the games. She had to put funny teeth in, along with her good friend Katy and two other little boys. They had to put funny, ugly teeth in and say God is good. The children love to attend birthday parties, especially when a piñata is involved.

Honduras Labor Day

Labor Day in Honduras is on May 1st. Travis and I wanted to thank all of our Honduran staff and missionary staff by inviting them to lunch to show appreciation for all they do. I hired three ladies to help me put the event on. Everyone was very appreciative. We thank God for the employees He has given us to work with.

Fast Soccer Tournament

Since there was one free week after the soccer season ended, Travis wanted to put on a fast soccer tournament and allowed the boys to pick their own teams. After one week of battling it down to the final two teams, I made a prize for the top two teams. They received a cake, 3-Liter bottle of coke, cups, and ice. They were able to enjoy it together as a team directly afterward. They had bragging rights tonight.