By reh on 10/18/2005

A Reflection on Our Trip to Honduras
October 18, 2005

Children are children no matter where you go, and they are precious no matter where you go. When we walked onto the school grounds during our visit this past month the children came running with all the energy that children everywhere exude. They smiled and laughed and jockeyed for position. They sang for us, they recited poems for us, and they presented us with small tokens of their appreciation.

We had the privilege of eating lunch with the children (we ate around 10 am); our lunch consisted of a banana and a cup of corn and dried milk soup. As I drank the soup, I thought to myself this isn’t much of a lunch. I was wrong. I didn’t get hungry again until af ... Read More »

By reh on 10/18/2005

A Reflection on Our Trip to Honduras
October 18, 2005

     Children are children no matter where you go, and they are precious no matter where you go. When we walked onto the school grounds during our visit this past month the children came running with all the energy that children everywhere exude. They smiled and laughed and jockeyed for position. They sang for us, they recited poems for us, and they presented us with small tokens of their appreciation.
     We had the privilege of eating lunch with the children (we ate around 10 am); our lunch consisted of a banana and a cup of corn and dried milk soup. As I drank the soup, I thought to myself this isn’t much of a lunch. I was wrong. I didn’t get hungry again until after 4 in the afternoon. I remember commenting to Ron th ... Read More »