Oh, All The Places I'll Go: Sunday: a day of rest

we woke up to roosters. yes, they warned us about them...and described them as a "chorus of a million roosters"..something along those lines. and these roosters are cock-a-doodle-doo-ing veryyy earlyyyy. i think Sunday it was around 5am. and there were a lot of them. at all different times. crazyyyyy! but i fell back to sleep. and then i woke up again to the smell of food. got up, showered real quick (yes, we had a shower!), let my hair air dry (i blow dry my hair with my beautiful hair dryer every day. this was a big deal.), and ate breakfast. breakfast consisted of pancakes with honey, bananas, peanut butter, juice. pancakes were delicious and bread + honey + PB + bananas = best sandwich ever. especially with these bananas. bananas in Honduras > bananas imported to America. we are really missing out guys, and its really upsetting.

then we went to church! Sharon said it would be the best way to meet the community, and it most definitely was. they had the kids practice this little welcome message to say to all of us in unison, so cute. and all these people were so wonderful and grateful, i don't think i will be able to emphasis enough how amazing the people of Concepcion del Norte are. after church, we played with all the children. and there were a LOT. we played soccer (aka "footbol"), a few hand clapping games, and took pictures with them. these kids LOVE cameras, it is so hilarious. they ask for your camera and in 5 minutes it has another 50 pictures on it.

then we had lunch (oh, and i also forgot to mention that all of our meals are eaten outside). and then...after that...we hiked up the mountain (higher up into the mountains)...and went SWIMMING in a COFFEE VAT! filled with water, filled with water! not coffee. it was so cool. and perfect because it was soooo hot out! it was so much fun, a few kids came and we played volleyball with them in the vats. oh, and this was at a shut down coffee bean plant which is why we were able to fill it up with water and go swimming.

also, there is no real sense of time in Honduras. Sharon put it as breakfast time, lunchtime, and dinnertime. i also did not have a watch so this was especially killing me since my day is mapped out hour by hour in many different ways. but it ended up being a good thing, rather relaxing :)

Sharon and Jennifer left in the afternoon on Sunday to go back to the states. Ryan stayed with us for the week to help us out and kind of be our American guide and contact go to.

Monday starts the actual work! :D