Second week

Hi everybody, all's well here as I begin my second week here at COPPROME in Honduras. I went to Tela yesterday to got to the beach with Mrs. Rubi and her husband, which was quite nice. We went to this swanky-looking resort on the beach because apparently, the public beaches are pretty grimey. We had to pay to get in, but somehow Mr. Rubi negotiated that he pay the "child" price for me. Perhaps the guard's eyesight was failing. I don't know. Like I said, the place was a resort type beach, so there were plenty of Americans around, which was a little bit weird. I had a good time swimming in the ocean, which was very warm, but also very salty. We also had an excellent buffet lunch in a restaurant in the resort, which came free with the entrance fee. I feasted myself on beef, chicken, pasta, and chocolate eclairs. Needless, to say, a very satisfying meal. After some more swimming, we left in the mid-afternoon. I was not burned at all, which was nice, and I think mainly due to the fact that they had a covered deck-type area to sit when you weren't swimming.

I got back and came on the computer to see that the Orlando-Boston basketball game was in progress, so I found a site showing the broadcast and watched the last 6 minutes of the game, as the Celtics held off Orlando, making me very happy. I had a little bit of an adventure last night because I locked my room key inside my room and we couldn't find a spare, so I didn't know what I would do. Luckily, we found a spare key, I retreived mine, and was able to sleep in my room.

Everything's been going well with the kids, as I've been helping them with homework and playing games with them. As I've said before, the main thing that these kids want is attention and company, which is easy to provide. The only issue thus far has been that the kids seem to be lacking in the concept of sharing and nice play. I was playing monkey-in-the-middle with two little girls today, both about 7 years old. The ball bounced away at one point, with one girl pouncing on it. The other girl tried to wrestle it away, as I told her to stop. The two girls started pulling each other's hair, and it ended in tears. So if everyone can play nice and be inclusive, all goes well, but you do have to be careful that everyone plays nice.

So everything is good here, and I'm looking forward to coming home this weekend (but not then having a band concert and putting together a powerpoint and preparing a presentation about this). Oh well, it's a small price to pay. I hope everyone back in the states is doing well! Adios!