Pictures!

I finally have some pictures to put up, so this post will just be a taste of what I have been up to in these last five or so weeks . . .

Some of the beautiful scenery along the road from San Pedro to Santa Rosa.

At the school with Roxana (one of the young women who works at the school), and Fatima – my 'guardian angel' for my first few days in Honduras, and a beautiful future Salesian Sister.

A group of the sisters and I visited the family of one of our boarding girls during the week of vacation for the feast of St. Rose of Lima. This picture was taken looking out from their farm, and gives you an idea of the type of scenery around Santa Rosa.

I don't yet have a picture with all of the sisters, but here is one with S. Eduviges (left) and S. Consuelo, and one of the teachers from the school. (Side note: you would not believe how many people can fit in that truck.)

This is not the best picture of me, but I had to include it because I thought it was really cute how a)S. Dorita thought it was necessary to stop this little boy and have me take a picture with his donkey (probably something like the equivalent of taking a picture with someone who is out walking their dog in the US), and b)the little boy was obviously extremely bashful about having his picture taken=)

“Campo Maín” - the girls from the weekend camp/retreat I went to outside of Tegucigalpa.

September is a month of patriotic celebrations in Honduras. This photo is of a flag ceremony at the school.

As I mentioned in the last post, many of the girls prepared and performed traditional folk dances at several points throughout this month for celebrations of Honduran culture. Here is a picture with one of the dance teams. Since Maria Auxiliadora is an all-girls school, we saw a lot of creative marker-facial hair=).

Some of the boarding girls hard at work. This was the beginning of the long vacation weekend, so eight or so of us formed a single line, and gave all of the corridors a thorough cleaning. I was one of the ones in front with the brooms; I learned that day that I apparently sweep very slowly.

Last week, S. Ena, the Provincial Director of the Salesian Sisters, visited us for several days. This photo is with her and all of the boarding school girls (hopefully I will get one with better quality at some point). They put on a little presentation for her, and a handful of the girls were brave enough to do a line dance I taught them=).

Last Sunday, this group of girls (six are boarding girls) made their First Communion at the Cathedral. It was so beautiful to be able to share that moment with them! 

One last note: if you could keep the boarding girls in your prayers still, I'd appreciate it. So many of them keep getting sick with bad fevers (probably Dengue), and we've had to send several of them home. Thanks!