Thursday, January 17, 2008

Getting back into the swing of things

My first week back has been pretty busy but I am getting used to everything all over again. Milton has been doing well in our house after returning from a month and a half of staying in a house that was under construction for the Sisters of Mercy where he was working and guarding the house. He has been keeping the boys in line and making them work (probably making them do his work) but the house is clean.
I took the four boys from my house to a soccer game on Tuesday night at the stadium which is only about a mile and a half away. The local team, Marathon, won the Honduran championship in December and this was the first game of their defense of that title in the new season. They are so fanatical about soccer here they have two seasons and championships per year with only the one month break between the two. The boys thought the @16 oz. bags of water that we bought for 5 lempira (25 cents) were outrageously priced since they normally cost 2 lempira (10 cents) at the store, so they have stadium inflation of prices here too. It was a really great time and they talked about it all day Wednesday. The game ended in a 2-2 tie but they thought it was great anyway.
Roberto Josué had his operation to remove a cyst from his lungs and currently has a tube inserted in this side going to his lungs to drain liquid, but they say he looks much better and seems to be improving.
My brother sent me a photo of the snow at his house in Middleburg today which the kids and adults thought was fascinating to see, given it was 91 degrees today.

1 comment:

Robbie said...

Cold, wet, and rainy here. I'd gladly trade you for your 91 degrees!

Rob