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| Visiting Eduin's home |
Well, better late than never. It seems my mind has been very scattered lately (lately?) and I kept meaning to post pics and a description of my visit to the Compassion project in Ulloa, outside of Tegucigalpa, Honduras and then I would forget. So...I guess it is now or never.
As most of you know, when I went down to Honduras to visit our first grandson in late January I had plans to hook up and visit with the two Compassion children we sponsor there. I had already met Eduin on the last trip and was excited to meet Evelyn our recently sponsored new girl.
Within days of arriving I contacted the Compassion office in Tegucigalpa to firm up our plans. We had already decided that it would be best to leave Anna, baby Guillermo and my Mom at home because the day had the possibility of being long and hot. As we were heading out that morning, Guillermo received a call from the office telling us that Evelyn had to leave town suddenly to go to her grandmother's funeral and we would not be able to see her. How disappointing.
After regrouping, Guillermo and I drove to the outskirts of the city until we hit a bumpy dirt road leading to the suburb of Ulloa, where we turned down a side street and bumped along until we pulled up in front of a nondescript store front. It wasn't long before people started coming out of the wood work, including a large assortment of curious children, one of which was Eduin. After getting a shy hug from him and greeting the others, we walked around the neighborhood, checking in at the project, visited Evelyn's mother and eventually ending up at Eduin's house. We got reacquainted with his family and met his little sister who had been born since we were last there.
We spent the rest of the day opening presents, playing frisbee, cramming three kids and four adults in a small pickup and going to the mall to eat lunch and hang out. Below are some pictures from our day.
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| Eduin & the Project Leader |
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| Part of the classroom |
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| Evelyn's Mother & Family |
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| Eduin's Family |
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| Playing Frisbee |
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| Smiling Eduin |
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| Helping sister slide |
