A day at the zoo. The children were treated to an unbelievable adventure last Sunday by the Virginia Hospital Center Medical Brigade. They had never seen a real live camel or tiger or lion or giraffe or jaguar or zebra in the flesh. They were so excited. The fantabulous day at the Joya Grande Zoological Parque near Lago de Jojoa was topped off with a super lunch and a swim in a king-sized pool. What a day!
Jeez, Louise, I had my computer guy do some adjustments on my computer and I lost all my parade photos and others documenting my monthly progress reports at the new building. Curses. Seven of the Hogar’s young lady residents were, however, able to participate in the parade thanks to a generous grant by the Scott Family Foundation from Texas, USA whose founders helped purchase the uniforms and attendant equipment. These are the only pics that survived. The girls were so happy and so tired after the long parade route ended in front of the local dignitaries in the central park facing city hall. But it was so worth it for their self-esteem.
El Día del Niño is a national holiday in Honduras. For several days the country celebrates the Day of the Child with parades and tooo much candy and special programs in the schools. On Sunday, the day after I returned to la Paz, I went over to the building site to take my monthly progress pictures. Then I drove over to the Hogar where a celebration sponsored by a church group in Tegucigalpa was in progress, a grand party hosted for the children complete with hamburgers and fries, a piñata and too many sweets. And little Stuart was there, nine days old, born 3 months premature. His mother arrived that day to abandon him to Sister Edith and the Hogar San José. If he remains with us he will grow up in the new building with the rest of the kids. Pending legalities and court orders he is in a safe place with the children already fawning over Stuart Little.