July 28, 2014

Lavando la Ropa

We have been blessed with a washing machine for right now but washing clothes in the pila is so much faster... and can be lots of fun on a hot day. :)


Emmy and her little helpers!



Wringing out the clothes.


Amy and Emmy... if they weren't smiling I'd say they were fighting. :P


Hanging the clothes up to dry!






July 22, 2014

Exciting Days

Yesterday we got back from a trip to Lejamani. Let me (Mercy) take a couple minutes to tell you about it.

We went to visit the Horton's. We left on Friday at 1:30. We walked to the bus stop (since we do not have a car). Dad deiced that we should brake into groups because Mom, Amy, and Emmy have Spanish class until four. So in the first group there was Matthew, Jillian, Ezra, Nikki, Malachi, and I and the rest came after the ladies finished school. So we got on the bus and five of us had to share four seats. Soon we got off the bus on the edge of Comayagua to catch a bus to Lejamani. This second bus was just leaving Comayagua so even standing space was about full. But we found space for us and our luggage. As people continued to get off in small towns we slowly all got seats. By the time we got to the Horton's there was very few people left on the bus. Each of the bus rides were 45-50min long.


We walked up the driveway from the main road to the Horton's house.


We went into out room and unpacked.



Then the Horton's two little girls, Julia(6) and Emily(5), wanted us to play. So we played on the trampoline first, then in the Hammock, and then we played Hide-and-Go Seek until the rest of the family got there that evening.
(Picture is me reading books to the kids later on that evening.)


Then we had a dinner of fried tortillas with cheese and fried bananas.

In the morning we went to the Market in Comayagua to pass out tracts. We would go in and out of all the little shops and through all the stalls passing out tracts. It was so much fun.


When we got home us girls (Jillian, Emmaline, Amy, Nikki, and I) babysat while the parents all went shopping at the market in La Paz.


There was another family(the Smiths) that had four kids were also staying at the Horton's house.



So we had 11 kids 11 to 5 months to watch.:):) So much fun!!!!!!!!!


That night we had a campfire and marshmallows!!


(Bro. Horton's marshmellow stick.) 

 (Missionaries in Honduras)

 
 Then it was Sunday.
(The kids all dressed up for church.)

We when to church in the morning.

(Dad preaching, Bro. Horton translating, and Jovani reading the Scriptures.)



After church we ate pizza for lunch.
Soon we said good-bye and started home.

Then we had some rice and sandwiches for dinner and when to Bed!!!!!!!!!

July 17, 2014

School Days

Yes... even the MK's have those kind of days. :P You think I'm sarcastic...?! I've been seriously asked if we had to do all our school growing up on the mission field and I've had shocked looks when they realize we all do school like everyone else. lol
Anyways, the kids took the last couple months we were in the states off school as we were crazy busy with traveling, packing, and spending time with friends. So they are back in the full swing of school again.







July 9, 2014

Our 4th of July in Honduras

Our Fourth of July started with the native Honduran teachers decorating the language school to surprise their American students. 

We all had our classes as usual through out the day - but no homework!


After classes we went to town and got ice cream at the Mennonite store for our picnic in the evening!


We had a full cook out with Hamburgers, Hot dogs, Jello, chips... ect!

And after dinner the language school had fireworks so we walked up to the field were they were shooting them off to watch. The streets were crowded with Honduras that came out to see the fireworks as well... So cute listening to all the Honduran kids so enjoying the fireworks!

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And then some random pictures of us kids from our evening!

Us four oldest girls 


 All of us girls!


The "middle" girls!


Little 'cool' man! 


Hope you all had a great Independence Day as well!