Kim left 6:00am on the 4th of July to live/work/play in Honduras for 10 weeks. She will send messages when she can get to a computer. I will start pasting our correspondence with her into this space and updating it whenever she sends us something. For more information on the project where she will be volunteering, check out this website. www.lasonrisa.info Here we go…….
07-29-10 via e-mails
From me:
Hi Kimbo,
Dad and I were just at the Dollar store and bought the following to bring down to you:
headbands, about 1″ wide kind, – 35 bands
Little girl, tiny pony tail bands – 100
Little girl, tiny pony tail bands – 100
regular ponytail bands – 100
5 color (very bright- god awful) box of eyeshadows – 5 boxes
nail polish, glittery, – 5 bottles
fingernail stickers, flowers – 5 pkgs
puppy coloring book – 1
Some ideas of more stuff to get but want your opinion:
balls – soccer, baseball, football
bubble stuff and wands
water guns
Nerf balls
Baby dolls
games
coloring books
crayons
markers
Kim replies:
All that stuff would be great minus the dolls, the girls get too attached to them. And I wouldnt really worry about the markers and crayons they have a ton that they havent even opened yet. Look for VItamins. All the girls stuff is great they will be sooooooooo excited. Ill call you later today!
love you!
love you!
07-28-10 via phone call
Kim has checked in most every day because she has a new cell phone that was given to her by someone who was leaving the country and this phone has a bunch of free minutes on it to use in country only. She says that it was a mistake to buy a international cell phone in the States for her to take as there are phones everywhere that you can buy international minutes much much cheaper than we can. She sounds great, the sound quality is better and there isn’t the satelite delay like the other phone. Oh well, live and learn.
She is very much enjoying her job at the Las Sonrisa project. The kids are so fun and happy and appreciative of everything. She likes and respects Patricia and Reid, the project founders/directors and what they are trying to do. She also had the opportunity to travel by boat out to some islands and do some snorkeling with friends over the weekend. She put some photos on FaceBook which I was able to download and attach here. The little island village in the photos is called Gurfina and has a population of about 70 people on a very tiny island. There is a picture of “story time at Las Sonrisa project” and some other local beach scenes.