Hi this is Elizabeth! Today was quite an interesting day
once again for the team and me.
This morning we visited The Valley of the Angels, which is a large
community of shops on the outside of Tegucigalpa. It is located way up in the mountains, which makes for an
uncomfortable travel to say the least.
We got to spend the day shopping and spending quality time with some
members of the team. I was very fortunate to spend time with my best friend
John and two of my favorite boys who live here in Honduras: Marvin and
Francisco. We bought many
authentic Honduran valuables for our friends and family back home, and also
visited a wonderful authentic café for lunch.
Our next stop was interrupted by an unexpected detour that
consumed much of our time. We were on our way to a village to play soccer with
the children of the area and we were pulled over at a police check out
(operatibo) to check the documentation of the vehicle, which is common
here. The police officer also
needed to check our passports, as we are foreign to this country. Of course we
had the old copy of my expired passport so this was an issue. Also it was a
problem to this police officer that we did not have the passports in hand with
us.... Three hours later and many jokes later the police officers gave in and
let us go. By this time we were nearly late for dinner.
We were meeting the kids from the orphanage Casa De
Esperanza to play in the playplace and eat dinner. For most of the team we were looking forward to seeing some
familiar faces and for others make new friendships. And that we did. This was a
nice way to introduce us back to the kids and get us ready for our visit
tomorrow!
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