October 18,2008
This is my 6th year coming to El Hogar. This is an Episcopalian orphanage in Tegucigalpa, Honduras that cares for almost 250 Honduran boys and girls. It is an amazing operation that survives on the generosity of donations from North America and the devout faith of a remarkably talented staff in the US and Honduras. (Please see http://www.elhogar.org/ for more information.) My wife Jill and I came for the first time in 2002 at the invitation of a group from Winchester, MA. We've been huge supporters ever since.
Above, Alex with Juan Carlos after church service. Juan Carlos is one of two boys she sponsors at El Hogar.
This is the second year a group made up of folks from Trinity Church and friends have made the trip. If you want to read about our trip from last year, scroll down and see last year's posts.
We live here on the campus of El Hogar in the capital city in a bunk house with room for about 13 volunteers (with only 7 of us it's quite spacious.) Each year the ammenities in the bunk house improve slightly; better lighting, new tiles in the bathrooms, new furniture etc. It's still quite sparse but the effort is appreciated and most end up feeling very well cared for. There are seven of us here for the week; Nicole Allen, Alex Burke, Julie Garrison, Tim Lyons, David Paquette, Read Norton & Sherri Ryan. Jill Norton, Justin Burke and Mary Perkins had all hoped to make the trip as well but were unable to come this year.
We arrived on the same flight on Saturday from Miami and were met at the airport by Raul Castrol (project team coordinator at El Hogar) and Rich Kunz (exec. director.) Tim & Julie flew overnight from San Francisco to Miami on Friday night and we then all shared the same connecting flight to Tegucigalpa.
We spent Sat. afternoon playing with the kids and settling into the volunteer house. Sunday we went to a church service at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Tegucigalpa where Bishop Lloyd Allen presided. Afterwards we had lunch at a church fundraiser and then took a group of boys to get ice cream on the way home.
Tomorrow (Monday) we will stay at El Hogar and help watch the kids (there are almost 100 of them here) since Monday is a national holiday and most of the faculty will be away.
More to come
Read Norton
This is the second year a group made up of folks from Trinity Church and friends have made the trip. If you want to read about our trip from last year, scroll down and see last year's posts.
We live here on the campus of El Hogar in the capital city in a bunk house with room for about 13 volunteers (with only 7 of us it's quite spacious.) Each year the ammenities in the bunk house improve slightly; better lighting, new tiles in the bathrooms, new furniture etc. It's still quite sparse but the effort is appreciated and most end up feeling very well cared for. There are seven of us here for the week; Nicole Allen, Alex Burke, Julie Garrison, Tim Lyons, David Paquette, Read Norton & Sherri Ryan. Jill Norton, Justin Burke and Mary Perkins had all hoped to make the trip as well but were unable to come this year.
We arrived on the same flight on Saturday from Miami and were met at the airport by Raul Castrol (project team coordinator at El Hogar) and Rich Kunz (exec. director.) Tim & Julie flew overnight from San Francisco to Miami on Friday night and we then all shared the same connecting flight to Tegucigalpa.
We spent Sat. afternoon playing with the kids and settling into the volunteer house. Sunday we went to a church service at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Tegucigalpa where Bishop Lloyd Allen presided. Afterwards we had lunch at a church fundraiser and then took a group of boys to get ice cream on the way home.
Tomorrow (Monday) we will stay at El Hogar and help watch the kids (there are almost 100 of them here) since Monday is a national holiday and most of the faculty will be away.
More to come
Read Norton
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