Shopping Trip!

Okay, I haven't finished posting pictures and stories from the trip to the United States with the kids ...sorry I can't keep up with my life....just so much fun and exciting things going on!

So today we took a shopping trip to Tegucigalpa. We laughed at ourselves, that we were so excited today to drive for almost 2 hours to get to PriceSmart (a store that is like a Sam's) to go shopping! ha ha!

Well we headed out early this morning and Josiah was all smiles and ready to go..vroom vroom!

Before going to PriceSmart we went to the mall, did a little shopping and went to lunch.

While at the mall I got a much needed new shower curtain. My old one was being held together by staples .... it was ready to go!

So here is my cute new shower curtain!

I was very happy with my find, it even came with cute little matching hooks!

Last year I looked in every store in Comayagua for a scale and never found one. I've asked people here where could I find one, seems no one here has one. I found them today!

I bought this cute one! So I will smile before I step on every morning...hopefully will still be smiling when I step off. :)

We were in a cute store with a variety of items, and as Annette was checking out I saw this frame hanging on the wall. It was PERFECT! I had a similar frame that had gotten knocked off my wall earlier this year, in the middle of a water balloon fight with some of my kids....and the frame broke....and I had not found one again here or in the states that had the right size and shape of pictures...and here this one did!

I was so excited to come home and put the photos back in it from Joshua's Basic Training graduation! It's now hanging back on my wall!

Next we went to PriceSmart. At first it was a little overwhelming...so I walked up and down a few aisles and then I began finding some exciting buys!

A 4-pack of Clorox Wipes! Now what is so exciting about this isn't just that I found them, but it was the price. You can buy them at our local grocery store, but they are very expensive...I got a great deal on this 4-pack, so I am very excited!

They are great for wiping down the counters in the kitchen, wiping the top of the water bottles that go on the Oasis cooler....great for wiping down anything that looks dirty, might be dirty or dusty....my windows are more like shutters and the screens don't fit in my windows tight, so there is a lot of dirt and dust that blows in....oh these are wonderful!

I can't wait to start wiping down the kitchen!!!

I love yogurt and I eat a lot of it. There are not many varieties to pick from at the local grocery store....pretty much strawberry or apple, sometimes there is a peach or an apricot.....but here I found not only my favorite brand, but also BLUEBERRY! I love blueberry yogurt and have never seen it in Honduras! So I bought two variety packs of yogurt!

PEAS!!!! FROZEN PEAS!!! I love peas! I like them cold in a salad, like them mixed with pasta, like them by themselves, like them with potatoes, like them like them like them!

I have never seen frozen peas in Honduras....so I was thrilled when Annette found these!

For dinner tonight I am eating peas!!! And I am sure desert will be a blueberry yogurt!

I bought a few other items that were good deals, trash bags, beans, coke zero...but these things were the big excitement of my day!!

It was a good shopping day! And a fun day with Annette! And some funny moments with muddy windshields, and buying new wipers from the guy on the street, and trying to pump gas, and making it home through the fog and the rain, and we did it all with PRAYER, DIET COKE and M&MS!

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Riding the Space Shot

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Friday morning we got up and started our journey again....to the Space and Rocket Museum.

Dassia is all tucked into her bed on the rocket! Goodnight Dassia

Gerson trying out the shower in the rocket!

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We left Kentucky, and drove to Manchester, Tennessee where we met at a church, with the youth group. They fed the kids pizza, doritos and oreos! What could be better!

We had a fun night of games, and praise and worship, and our girls sang. Then we stayed with different families from the church for the night before heading off the next day for more fun!

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So that was the end of International Student Convention. The kids had a great time! I had a great time being with them. Getting to know them better. I built a strong bond with Johanny, who is graduating this year. Before convention I didn't know her very well, I had helped her at school with her Engish Paces, but didn't know her much beyond there.

I was blessed by her those two weeks we were in the United States!

She is very tender and has this heart that is always caring about others. There were many times that she would wait for me to go to dinner so I wouldn't have to go alone, or just stay with me, walking or going to one of the events. I think we both don't like doing things alone, so we built a great relationship!

I also saw the heart she has for God! I loved watching her sit down at the table with her meal, and she would bow her head and pray! She is a great role model for the younger girls.

I am so thankful that I was able to go with them on this trip. I loved the bonds that were built and the relationships that grew stronger. I loved getting to experience new things with the kids...like water fountains, and bowling and ice skating, Starbucks, airplane flight and funnel cakes!

I AM BLESSED!!!

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Gerson won a 3rd place medal in 400 meter dash.

The last day of Rally was so boring....but we were waiting for them to announce athletics so Gerson could get his medal then we could go....of course they did athletics very last!

Okay,,,,got our last medal, let's get out of these pantyhose, into some jeans and flip flops!

AND go to the mall!

Josiah loving the mall!

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Can we say bored???

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One day we were coming out of the bathroom during Rally, and Dassia said "Miss, what is that?" and pointed to the water fountain. Now a water fountain is something that I would just take for granted, I grew up with them in my school, at the malls, at the ballgames, outside of most public restrooms....But in a country where you don't drink the water that comes out of the faucet, you wouldn't have a drinking fountain.

She loved it!!! Every place we went she would ask if they had one...the malls, restaurants, etc...When someone would see one they would say "Miss there is Dassia's best friend!"

Every night at Rally we would have to go and visit the water fountain for Dassia to have a drink.

It was a great experience!

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Gerson competed in Preaching ...he did a great job! He had several people who were in the audience talk to him later and ask if he preached in his town. One lady told him that he should go to the street and start preaching, that people will listen to him.

Every time we would see the Judges, they would talk to me and tell me what a great job he had done.

And then he won 6th place for Preaching!!!

We were so excited for him and proud of him!

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Soccer Games! Wednesday afternoon was the open event for soccer games. Our team was a combination of students from Honduras and Mexico...we cheered for Hondu-Mex.

We played against the team from South Africa.

We didn´t win the game, but friendships that were born that week between two young men who love God and love soccer continues! One night they traded jerseys, today they traded soccer balls.

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I had been promising Henry we would get a coffee from Starbucks .... unfortunately where we were they didnt´have them on every corner, like in Texas. We finally saw one and had time to stop on the way back to campus after our shopping trip to Walmart.

I still owe Henry a Starbucks cup!

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One night at Rally the CEO for Chic Fil A spoke about his mission, and how his ministry is in the marketplace. That night the kids each got a small stuffed cow with the slogan Eat Mor Chiken....we had already seen a few signs for Chic Fil A and I had been trying to explain the cows to the kids...now they had this stuffed cow and really didn´t get it. So again I explained the Eat Mor Chicken slogan...and the Chic Fil A cows...

I told Annette and Helen we have to take the kids to Chic Fil A....so the next day for lunch that is where we headed!

They loved it!



Of course they all loved the Waffle Fries!

Johanny and Josiah!

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During our trip to Walmart I used the self- check out. Something we don´t have in Honduras. Henry wanted to know what I was doing...so when I explained it to him he wanted to know if he could do his purchases that way.

I had fun introducing them all to new things.

Henry had fun scanning his purchases...



Following the computer´s instructions and putting his items in the bag.

Paying for his purchase...

Waiting on his change....

Now the happy customer is going to teach the girls! They had already gone through the check out and bought their items, but decided they would get a pack of gum so they could try the self check out.

Henry is now a pro! He´s a fast learner....it took me years to be brave enough to try!

The happy owners of a pack of gum!

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Shopping at Walmart! You know I had to introduce the kids and Henry to Walmart!

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Gerson coming around the corner and about to make it into 3rd place in the finals of the 400 meter.

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Some prerally fun and games!

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Josiah watching the races at track and field day! He was such a trooper! I don´t think he got a nap any of the days they were at convention with us! But the kid was always happy, and just went with the flow of things!

The students really liked having Miss Annette, Miss Helen and Josiah there to see them perform and support them in all they did!

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Gerson running the 400 meter dash. He won first place in heat and the following day came in third when he ran again in the finals.

CONGRATULATIONS!

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Johanny running the 1600 meter run.

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Monday night after the rally was the International Student meet and greet. We were to bring things to trade, like pins, bracelets, flags, etc...and meet students from other countries. They also suggested that the international students come wearing their "native" dress. Our kids were happy that we suggested we wear our Honduras soccer jerseys as our native clothes. I figured what better to represent Honduras!

So we headed to rally that night in our dress clothes and our Honduras soccer jerseys!

Henry celebrating at rally wearing our Honduras flag!




Johanny meeting some American students.



A young man from South Africa happy to lend his back to Lesly if she will sign his convention book.

Dassia meeting and exchanging information from students from Taiwan

Gerson and Johanny with some new friends from South Africa.

Gerson and his new friend.

Two students, two different countries, with the love of soccer in common. It was a fun moment when they decided to trade soccer jerseys!

Gerson chatting with one of the judges from his preaching competition earlier in the day.



Gerson talking with friends from Living Water, another school from Honduras, in Tegucigalpa.

Dassia and Lesly with some of their Mexico friends!

Not sure how I missed getting any photos of the girls with Peurto Rico. That became the joke of the week....just saying Peurto Rico would put a big smile on Lesly´s face.... there were some cute boys from Peurto Rico who were stealing my girls´hearts!

It was a fun night...the kids received pins, flags, jerseys, from countries like Canada, Taiwan, Australia, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, and of course Peurto Rico. Dassia´s favorite thing she received was a kangaroo pin she received from one of the speakers who was from Australia.

It was a fun night and so cool to see these kids from different countries meeting each other, sharing and trading gifts, and email addresses.

The world could learn a lot from these kids!