Our place is the new hang-out for the neighborhood boys. They come to play, to help in the garden, to see our monkey, to borrow a soccer ball, and to ask us to come watch them play soccer or going swimming with them.
It's been a joy to get to know more of the kids from our area. Now we walk down the street and see all familiar faces among the kids. We are looking forward to having our library (coming soon) and playground (to be built in February) available to our community.
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Every year in Honduras, and many other countries that are heavily influenced by Catholic traditions, the week before Easter is celebrated as Holy Week, or Semana Santa in Spanish. Classes are suspended during this week, and children everywhere spend time playing soccer and swimming in the many rivers. In our area, there are so few activities for children to be a part of. Just like in the US, television takes up a lot of young peoples' free time. We wanted to offer young people in our area, a fun activity to participate in during their week of vaction. So, with the help of a group from Radiant Life Church in Indiana, we hosted a Kids Day. We invited children from Urraco (our village), San Luis (a village that's about 45 minutes up a path from our village), and Japon (Japan, a small village just down the road).
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