Goats, Wasps, and roosters, oh my!

We were back out at SBV today.  We were determined to finish the ‘workout room’ which we have since learned is actually going to be a game room and a workout room.  The boys really wanted to finish the foosball table and not only did they finish it, they did an excellent job on it.  Mario, who is in charge of maintenance at SBV told us he wanted the entire workout room painted.  This includes the floor.  Not only that, but it is all the same color, and it is a bright orange.  On top of that, half of this room is made out of corrugated metal.  You can’t paint corrugated metal with a roller.  It must be done by a paint brush.  It took a long time to paint that.  With Geoff and Joey’s help, I got the bottom half of the outside wall painted before lunch.  We also had to move everything out of this room so we could paint the floor.  This included a termite infested play pen, a cabinet that was made with rotting wood, 4 recliner chairs that were COVERED in dust, and the stairmaster that has no control panel and only one wheel.  It also includes 3 non working air conditioner units and two broken children size pews.  As you can tell by the grounds at SBV, they don’t throw ANYTHING away.  They try to fix it, clean it, somehow reuse it.  As Pamm told me tonight, for some people in Honduras, that is their livelihood.  They take other peoples throwaways and try to fix it or clean it to sell it.

While we were at SBV today, there were three goats that kept wandering around. They were little baby goats and two were tied to different trees, and one was tied to a cement brick (which of course, had to make the joke “New Kids on the block!”). After the work was done, Mario untied the goats. Well, the goats decided we looked pretty interesting, so they approached us. One of them decided he was going to jump on me….until I got into my karate stance! It seemed to work, as he moved on to taunting Geoff.

We have also been having issues with wasps nests in the area we have been cleaning, so last night, Amanda asked Judith for some espuma de obispo. One problem with that request. Obispo is Spanish for Bishop. Avispa is Spanish for wasp. Amanda had asked for bishop spray! After lots of laughter, we finally got the wasp spray, which we promptly left in the van this morning. We will be taking care of the wasp situation tomorrow.

New kids on the block!!!

The roosters here don’t know how to tell time. The roosters don’t crow first thing in the morning. They crow ALL DAY LONG. And there is approximately 15 of them at SBV. That is pretty much all we hear!



We have had one solider down as Anna has been sick, however she is healing, and it is interesting to watch the youth make sure that she is okay.


We are headed to Flor tomorrow as the children at the LAMB school have prepared a program for us. Then we head back to SBV to keep on working.