Boys will be Boys

I knew that if I ever had boys I wanted them to be boys.....I wanted them to love the outdoors and all that fun stuff that little boys can experience. Well, my boys are boys and they are teaching the Hope boys to be boys as well. After classes each day they run for the hills so to speak. Well, really it is the cow pasture....lol. Here they hunt for iguana or search for rabbits. They also climbed into a tree and discovered some good ole honeycomb. Needless to say that they all need good baths once they come in for the night. I have enclosed a picture of the latest catch which we were able to give to a family in our church. I talked them today and that was their breakfast for this morning.  What a great way to be a blessing to those who need a little extra help and all the boys have enjoyed the hunt.

Hunter and Junior with their catch

Watching My Daughter Bloom

It is a blessing to have Taylor as my daughter. She is such a wonderful and godly example for the girls here. When we lived in NC she started to play piano but then her love for sports quickly ate up much of her time. She kept her old books and started to practice again on her own once we got settled in Honduras.  Now, she has begun to take lessons again in the institute with Mrs. Dallita. She played for the fist time an offertory duet with Mrs. Dallita on Wednesday night. I am so proud to know that my children our serving the Lord and without a bitter heart for moving them three times. I know that God has big plans for her and the boys as well. Please pray for her as her Junior year of high school will be starting in August.

Happy Birthday David!

David came to us almost 2 months ago along with his sibblings. We were able to celebrate his 7th birthday on Wednesday. He is a very sweet little boy who love cars, balls and to draw/color. His birthday has been the first for the kids here in the home. We celebrated with singing and homemade choclate cake with spinkles. Happy Birthday David may the Lord continue to bless you all the days of your life.

Kickball and Water Fun......

We have taught the kids a new game here....well...new for them. We played kickball for the first time a few weeks ago at our family activity for church. They all loved it. Since then, they play once a week at least. Also, the little boys enjoy some water fun. We have a large pool but we are waiting until we have a group come and build a deck and fence for it. So, we use a little missionary creativity....a storage container. They love it and it serves the purpose. Here are some pictures of our day!

Mother's Day Banquet

It was nice to be able to dress up in fancy attire and head over to the church for our Mother/Daughter Banquet. We had a great time and all the girls looked so pretty all dressed up. We had a wonderful time of fellowship and it was so encouraging to see the manners of our girls. They placed their napkins in their laps, used their fork and knives to cut their meat. It was just a great time. I have posted a few pictures for you all to see.

Reading Lessons.......

Each day here in Honduras we work on academics. Some of the fun times is to work on reading and English. Here are a few pictures from enjoying reading with the Carolina and watching the others kids soar their kites in the background of our beautiful mountain view.

Juice anyone......

It is so amazing to see just how people have started to give to the home here in Honduras. We have been blessed with many things such as tortillas, help with tutoring and fruits. In the last 2 days we have received the following:

only half of the mangos we have received

90 tortillas
over 100 oranges
140+ mangos
and about 8 lbs of dry beans

The Lord is so good! The kids here love mangos and they love orange juice. Now we can make fresh juice for at least a week and a half with these oranges.