Another great day at El Hogar began with pancakes and papaya. After breakfast and chores, a colossal water balloon battle ensued and Pete was the target. He retreated into the volunteer house to hide but the enemy knew where he was. They filled their bombas with water, stormed the front door of the house yelling "Pedro, Pedro". He managed to escape only to get soaked later. Fun was had by all kids on the campus. Next we moved on to paper airplanes which became drawing and then mask making. Soccer and wiffle ball was also always available.

 After a lunch of delicious soup, the fun continued with painting with Mikaela, fingernail painting with Chaney, card playing (the game spoons became tongues which Matt found very amusing) and an introduction to ping pong. We now know that ping pong is not welcome as paddles quickly become weapons!

We, the Walsh family, visited with Carlos and his family, a boy we used to sponsor. We had a great visit and the boys were happy to finally meet each other!

Chores and dinner were followed by more play time. A heated competition between the gringos (Sean, "Guillermo Claus", Pete and Matt) vs the Hondurans (Junior, Christofer and Josue) took place. Yes, the Gringos were staying in the game for a while until Mateo left- evening the teams- and the Hondurans easily whooped them. Bill and Sean were so sweaty they needed showers and Advil! The rest of us made paper flowers and played board games and epic Uno until bedtime.

 The Walsh gang, who is leaving tomorrow :(, is starting the process of prying ourselves out of this special place and its not going to be easy. None of us want to say goodbye to the precious children we have been with this week. As you know, it won't be pretty!

Betsy, Matt and Chaney and the rest of the Waltons