Hey parents!
All the kids want to say thank you for this AMAZING opportunity. I feel like my outlook on life has already changed and i know i can probably speak for most everyone. These kids, we are finding out, are just like us. We find similarities in everything and can comunitcate without speaking english , which is great cause most of us struggle with our spanish!! haha. Well i visited an elementry school and have been assigned to that school for all week. I am so excited because the kids at the honduran school and the group of kids from the clinic bonded so well. This is exactly what i wanted to do here, bonding with the kids and attaching myself to thier lifestyle and seeing what it is that they need. We found out today that the school, San Fransico, needs furniture, a new room for the kids, a new teacher (because one teacher teaches both the sixth grade and the third grade), also the hygene of the kids is very poor. We see that the Honduran kids have many decayed teeth and we are working to get them tooth brushes and toothpaste. This school was in the poorest region but the spirits of these kids were so rich. It is the first day with these kids but anyone can fall in love with thier smiles and big brown eyes and i know i have. To these kids we were celebrities who had come, but we were told it was very important to humble yourself and let them know that we were there to become thier friends. We became very fast friends and what started with the kids just starstruck looking at us , as we did to rihanna in the airport, ended with the childern unable to let go of our hands and pushing and shoving to hug us.
We are all ok and looking forward to doing everything to help these schools. (we have already began to plot out what we are going to do)
I love you family!!!
-Jenny Sims
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