Independence Day, Muddy Soccer, Pinatas, and all the neighborhood Children

So this past Thursday was Independence day here in Honduras. So the girls didn't have school. We carried all of the girls into La Esperanza for the parade, which they loved! Later that day we did one of their favorite things... movie night (which normally happens on Fridays but heck, it was Independence Day)! Friday the girls have half a day of school and since they didn't go Thursday we figured no reason in half a day Friday (I know, we are too gracious). So Friday we had a huge chores day. We deep cleaned the kitchen, Mrs. Pam's kitchen, the barn, etc. By the end of the day I was exhausted and had another movie night to look forward to! woo hoo! Saturday we decided to go to the soccer fields. That morning the judges showed up with a pinata and candy so we decided to take that with us. Me and some of the girls walked down the neighborhood roads by the soccer field and invited people to come play soccer (with 23 girls you don't really need any extras to play but its outreach right?) and enjoy the pinata. Turned out to be an awesome afternoon of funny events including me shin deep in mud. The roads drain really well here for how much it rains but I found out where it all goes... The soccer field! Back at the farm I got a lesson in the pila. The girls hand wash their clothes in what is called a pila. It is an outside cement contraption that holds clean running water and gives you like a wash board to scrub your clothes and rinse them which takes the dirty water down a pipe and away. My tennis shoes and I were introduced to the pila. After a while of instruction from the girls I began scrubbing. Eventually I got bumped out of the way and the girls went to work. Needless to say, my shoes look good as new and I feel slightly more domesticated. This was only my first home-ec course of the weekend. My addictions came to light when the electricity went out for over 24 hours and I was without coffee. The girls pull down this tiny cloth strainer, heat up some water, and begin to teach me how to make coffee "the old fashioned" way... I was amazed! I could learn a lot from these girls (isn't that how it usually goes?)

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