technical difficulties

dressed warmly for a cool morning

Last Thursday morning started out dreary and overcast.  After all, we are in the last stretch of the rainy season and it does seem to rain more this time of year.  I got up early and got into action.  Getting myself ready to go is easy enough when I have an early day.  Adding to that getting Corban in gear, dressed, fed, and all his snacks and extra clothes packed... well, it makes for a busy morning.



By 8:30am we were all loaded into the car and headed off to Brazos Abiertos to pick up Chrissy and Alfonso so that we could go to one of the orphanages.  The road to San Jose Pinula is a disaster!  So many potholes.  Corban was laughing all the way and exclaiming each time the car "jumped"... I was just trying to keep my faithful Xterra in one peice!  Some of the potholes are so large that they have tires laying in them to try to fill them up.  Dodging potholes AND oncoming traffic is more challenging than any video game I have ever played.

Once a month this orphanage has asked us that we do a special activity with the children during our regular classtime.  Thursday was the special activity with the older children.  Chrissy and Alfonso had decided to show the movie "Facing the Giants".  I thought this was an excellent idea.  What an awesome movie!  And  something that young people are interested in- sports.

Chrissy greeting one of the orphans

Before class started

Chrissy starting class

 After an introduction and prayer with the class, the movie was popped in.  The technical problem?  Apparantly the orphanage had misplaced the control to the DVD player.  This means we could not change the language selection of the movie.  This means that the movie was all in English!!!!!  Obviously these children weren't going to enjoy a movie they couldn't understand.  So, out came the movie.

Alfonso and Chrissy did a great job of improvising a class.  They quickly had a review of previous classes and handed out prizes for correct answers.  I was thrilled to see how much the children had actually learned during this school year.

The conclusion?  The next time we meet we will bring out own DVD player.

Corban sitting quietly with Mirian- the babysitter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 P.S.  I have no idea why all the pictures are sideways.  No idea at all.  And no idea how to fix it.