Today we had another awesome opportunity to visit the home of one of the 4th grade students, Jose, at Mayatan to take him some school supplies with another teacher. Jose's mother , Eva, works as a house-keeper at Mayatan as well. Pictured here with me is his little sister, Diana, who is just as cute as she can be. Eva, Jose and Diana live in one of the poorer neighborhoods in Copan. It was such a sight to see. Eva was so inviting to us, despite her 2 room (a kitchen and a bedroom), concrete floored, cinderblock walled, extremely hot, and cramped home. She greeted us at the door and had even fixed coffee and had cookies for us. She served it to us on a stool, which they use for a table. There is no bathroom in the home, and everyone sleeps in the same 8x10 bedroom. Jose showed us his photo album where he has pictures of his past teachers at Mayatan and pictures of the family from North America that sponsers him so he can attend Mayatan. It almost brought tears to my eyes seeing how much this young boy loves his education and his teachers. I am so thankful for those people in the picture enabling and allowing Jose to have a chance at this education. It really showed me the importance of giving even more and made me excited to be able to be a part of kids lives like Jose.
Last night, Allan and I attempted to make our first dinner with limited supplies and since we both normally just eat frozen vegetables, cheez-its, and grilled chicken, we knew we had a small adventure. After finally getting the stove to light with matches, we made some grit-like rice with a few vegetables. Over all I would say it was a success! We are trying again tonight :)
Sunday morning is the big market day in Copan because people from the surrounding areas bring the fresh fruits and vegetables they have been growing all week. We went shopping and got 4 ears of corn, a large stalk of broccli, green beans, black beans, and 3 cloves of garlic for $2.50. Now thats a good deal. We decided we needed eggs as well, so we went to buy some...little did we know they don't come in egg cartons here! I walked home very carefully needless to say!
Our first home-made dinner!
The market on the street!
Our baggie of 6 eggs :)
Love the blogging. Keep it up.
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Sending all my love from San Fran, keep me updated. un monton de besos.
What an adventure you two are having! I love seeing the pictures and hearing your voice, Abby, on the videos:) love you two!
ReplyDeleteFabulous Blog. Thanks so much for sharing. Maybe I can figure out how to send you a message. Love, Aunt Weeza
ReplyDeleteDo you get news about what is going on in the USA. I thought about trying to keep you up on news from the Wall SJ and even the Augusta, GA no news newspaper!! I just don't know what you two want to hear about..
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