Copprome Beginnings

After a lovely, almost hassle-free day at the airport, I am alive and in Honduras!  I guess if you classify sprinting thru the airport to catch a plane while everything is falling out of your backpack hassle-free, ok then.  But I made it and now have 45 lovely lil roommates.  Along with about 85 chickens and a couple ducks.  And how could I forget  about the tarantula I heard about on my first day that had been crawling in someone's bed.  Yep, exactly what I wanted to hear when first arriving.  A big thank you to everyone who donated money or items for the kids...I'm still working on getting everything distributed but here's a few pics showing everything I was able to bring and somehow how everything fit in 3 big suitcases, a backpack, and a purse. 

The first night I was here I decided to bring out my haki sack....I figured why not considering I didnt have any friends, no one could understand my spanish, and well, i had nothing else to do.  None of the kids had ever seen a haki sack before so we played for about 3 minutes before it ended up turning into a  game of soccer.  I should have known.  Hondurans are soccer fanatics!  And let me tell you, these little kids are ballers on the soccer field....I had 5 year olds out there whoopin my booty.  After a couple of days of playing soccer, I realized this is obviously going to be an everyday activity.  Which is awesome because my soccer abilities are about as great as my Spanish abilities....aka non-existent.

The kids at the orphanage here range from 18 months to 18 years old.  The 18 month old's name is Harry and he is the cutest lil thing ever.  Except he should be able to say some words by now, but he can't.  And the other day I found him napping on the ground outside in the hallway.   Needless to say, there are some things here that are hard to see. But here's a picture of him playing with the mop and then trying to hide when he saw me coming.  And of course getting pushed around in a laundry basket.... which is always real safe when a 5 year old is doing it.  :)

 The other day lychees were donated and the kids absolutely LOVE this things!  I'm pretty sure I am allergic (weird i know) so sucks for me, but the kids go crazy for these things.  Here's a pic of Evelyn...I"m pretty sure she stole some from some of the other kids because no one else had this many.  :) 

The kids obviously love any food thatz brought to the orphanage.  I"m guessing that's because their diet, and now mine, consists of refried beans, a single tortilla, and sometimes rice.  Which is always real fun to eat without a fork.   I didn't know I was in India yet, but I guess it's good practice.  We don't get silverware because it just makes for too many dishes.  :)

Needless to say, this place is a definitely chaotic and overwhelming at times with 45 kids here, but so far amazing.   :)