Porvenir

The event in Porvenir was scheduled for 2 PM on December, 16. Honduras are ALWAYS late though. They have something called the Honduran hour. If you schedule something for 2, you can bet that it won't begin until at least 3. That's exactly what happened in Porvenir. Every day that we had an event, we packed a cooler with bread, mayonnaise, mustard, sandwich meat, and cookies. It was cool when we left that morning for Marale. By the time we made it to Porvenir, it was a warm, sunny day. With our sweatshirts off (we all had shirts on underneath), we made our sandwiches and ate around the truck.

Gracie & the mayor of Porvenir.

These beautiful girls were among the first to come in; they sat on the front rows!

More beautiful girls happily waiting.

Boys will be boys.

Isis came too!

Love this face!

Kids of all sizes were hoping for gifts!

Gracie telling the story of the widow who gave all she had. : )

Siblings

Sometimes we couldn't decide who would give the gifts, so we both would.

Somebody got a new hat!

Kristian, the ladies man. j/k

These girls wanted their picture made with Shari.

Lee & a very happy girl. She has a great smile.

These boys look a little unsure about the gringa loca next to them.

 I love how happy this little girl looks!

This girl stuck by me the entire event. I had to grab her up for a quick pic!

Gracie and a very happy little girl : )

Shari making new friends.

Kristian thought I should take a picture of this alley

The view across the road from the building we were in.

The road back to La Ermita

We had 100 children on the list for Porvenir. Fortunately, the event seemed like it was going to be controlled. There were two doors at the back that were closed while we gave gifts to the children. The doors had bars on them though, so children outside could see what was happening inside. At one point, someone walked outside and the door was opened. Kids literally ran inside. After gaining a little control, 254 toys and gifts were distributed to the precious children of Porvenir.