Woke up at 6:30 :( We had some breakfast which was quite delicious. There was a plentiful supply of fruit eggs, and pancakes. After breakfast we prepared lunch for ourselves and got on the bus. As we arrived at ProNiño many of the boys were out and about and quickly turned their attention towards us with excitement. We played with them for a half hour or so and went to work. Our main job while at ProNiño is supplying the boys with a new soccer field. Unfortunately there is a 10 foot wide ditch, creek, moat….we don’t really know what to call it. Anyway, to cross the moat we need to build a bridge and today consisted mainly of planning and moving various supplies over to the bridge area. The main supplies we needed were three huge railway ties approximately 250 meters from the bridge. Amidst the ties we found 3 massive tarantulas and two mice. Using a recycled section of an old fence to hoist up the ties, as a group of roughly 15 we carried 3 ties engulfed in not-friendly ants. Around lunchtime it started raining and we all had a nice break to talk and joke around. After the rain we had time to hang out and play with the kids. For the second day in a row we Americans played a soccer game against the ProNiño boys and were again victorious. Tired, practically zombies, we made our way home in several trucks and truck beds. The ride home was interesting and cool. Very interesting, but definitely cool. Straight from the trucks we stampeded into the pool, which was possibly the best pool dive-in ever. We ate at a cool little outdoor restaurant a few minutes down the road from the hotel. We had the chance to eat with a judge and ProNiño founder, the equivalent of the State Attorney General and her daughter, a rising senior. The judge deals with many of the juvenile issues in Honduras. Hearing her stories and first-hand wisdom was awesome. Dinner over, we have returned back to our cozy hotel to reunite with our lovely beds.
Mark H, Timmy, Stephen
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