After a morning event in Orica and lunch with friends, we headed to Guaimaca. It had already been a busy day, but it was about to get a lot busier. We went to this event with approximately 100 children on a list. On the way there, Gracie received a call saying that extras had shown up. She said there were only 20-30 extra kids. No big deal, right? Well, when we arrived there were a lot more extras than that. We ended up having a building full of around 400 people. As we began giving gifts, children just kept coming. We went through the list and then started handing out the extra gifts we had brought with us. We only packed what we thought we needed for the day. We ended up running out at this event. Sadly, a few kids left empty-handed.
Some of the kids weren't too sure about us at first.
Show them the love of Christ and that frown turns upside down.
Most of the kids loved having their pictures made.
This is the mother of Ana Caroline. Ana was machete-murdered by her husband last year in front of her three children approximately a year ago. She now raises her grandchildren. After all these families go through, they still smile. They have such resilient spirits!
I love the pictures of Gracie and the kids hugging.
Cake!
Loco Lee
The mayor, Dr. Chavez & Gracie doing crowd control.
The sun going down on our way home.
Honduras is a truly beautiful country
Not the best pictures, but I like the colors.
You may notice that Kristian wasn't in any of the pictures of Orica and Guaimaca. He became sick with the stomach bug. Fortunately, he wasn't too bad and was ready to go the next day.
These events are probably the highlight of these children's whole year!!
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