Day 1

Day 1

6/14/10

Woke up at 3 am. Arrived at the airport and got our “families”. Got to Honduras successfully almost missing our connecting flight having to sprint through the Houston Airport. Lindy’s phone wasn’t working so our apologies about the phone tree being delayed! Got on a rickety bus with a few pro nino boys carrying our luggage. Rode to hotel, checked in, went to lunch at mall food court. Drove to Las Montanas looking at the painfully poor neighborhoods on the way up the mountain. At Las Montanas there were a lot of kids our age learning a trade such as carpentry, medal shop, electrician, etc. After Las Montanas we went to the Las Flores and met all the kids of pro nino who greeted us with open arms. We played soccer for hours and were victorious over the Honduran 12 year olds. We came back to the hotel and swam in the pool and then got ready to go to dinner right next to the hotel. Dinner was chicken and mashed potatoes with vegetable rice. It was delectable. Then we had a terrific meeting to reflect on our day. Now everyone is very tired including us bloggers wanting to go to bed.

Mark, Ellen, Meredith

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