The past two days I've been out of commission at Marc's house with the Hondo Revenge. All these years of coming to Honduras and never having it finally caught up with me. But the beauty of the Honduran pharmaceutical system is that you can walk into the local "Farmacia" and, if you know the right people, buy whatever pills you want. And with the extra strength stuff that Terri bought for me yesterday, I don't think it's possible for ANY kind of bacteria to still survive in my stomach.
Today I led a group at Hospital Escuela. Sometimes I've led groups that just really don't know what to do, or kind of stand around looking lost, but the group that I had today rocked. They really took time to stay and play and pray with all of the kids, instead of just running through dropping stuffed animals in all of the beds. And they took time to be with the moms too. We dropped off baby care packages in the maternity ward, and then I took some to the burn unit, and then we all went and spent the rest of the time in the cancer ward. Today I really felt like I was actually helping the group and growing closer to them at the same time (a great feeling after sitting by myself at Marc's watching movies off of iTunes).
After the hospital, we went to the Campero's area for lunch. Translation: Little Caesar's for me. No surprise there. Then we got back on the bus and went to the warehouse to let everyone get stuffed animals and toys to take to the blind school. I know that they love toys that make noise, so I got a maraca to give to my little girlfriend, Maria. When we got to the blind school, they sang several songs to us, and then we to them, and then we went out on the patio and played. Me and Pete sat with Maria and tickled her while she laughed her head off, and told her we "loved" the music she was making with her new maraca.
Afterwards, we went to Mall Multiplaza. Argh. I don't enjoy the mall that much. But, I just sat with a few people in the food court and we talked for a very long time, and then a few of us went to T.G.I. Friday's for mini burger bites and chicken quesadillas right before time to get back on the bus. Then we loaded up and went to the Jesus statue for devotional tonight.
Just another great day in Honduras.
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