Last day here...I think

Since there was no school on Friday, I decided it would be a good idea to wash my clothes. It is such a pain to wash clothes by hand! I don't envy the tias having to wash all the little girls' clothes and sheets...YEESH! Later, I spent about an hour with Dorita, who is the worst behaved of the bunch. We read together and kicked a ball around and now have a good relationship. She even gave me some of her cookies! I'm hoping it's something I can build on when I come back (fingers crossed).

I was wrong about the three-day weekend. They made up the day they missed on Saturday! What do you think of that, kids? I can't imagine anything like that ever happening in the states. We still had mass, and I got to meet Father Ron, who is wonderful. Getting ready for mass is sort of an ordeal. Everybody takes a shower and changes into their nicest clothes. It takes a long time to get the little girls' hair done. When I was finished getting myself ready, I came downstairs, and the older girls did my make-up, put earrings on me, and placed barrettes in my hair to match my shirt. They said I looked like a "coqueta." I looked that up and it says, "one who flirts." ;)

After mass, we went to the cancha to visit and eat dinner. I had one of the babies, Tatiana, in my lap eating an orange for most of the time. It was so cute because she wouldn't go to anybody else. She wanted to stay with me! :) We stayed until it got dark, and I had a lovely visit with Azucena. If I could, I would take her home in a heartbeat. She is such a sweet child! She always follows the rules and is content to play quietly by herself. Sound like anyone you know, Mom? I want to put her in my suitcase. Laura, I think she needs to be my godchild.

I've decided that you know you've been accepted when one of the older girls comes to you and says she needs to talk to you. I was so worried because she said the worst possible thing had happened. Considering these kids' stories, I was kind of freaked out. But, as it turns out, it was...a boy problem. Of course! It was great because I kind of felt like her big sister giving advice. Some of the older girls came to my room to watch a movie with me (usually, they've been coming by for help with English homework). Pretty sure we watched a pirated version of Inkheart in Spanish. Sigh.

I'm supposed to be going to Honduras tomorrow. I'm going to do some research on the political situation. Really hoping they don't close the borders!!