The last few days have flown by but they have been some of my favorite days here! We are starting to train for a 5k with the people from Amber's homeless ministry and EVERYONE is participating! We started Monday and will be training every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evening after we feed. We run in the streets and it is probably quite a sight to see when a couple gringos and about 20-30 homeless people ranging in age from 6-70 come running your way. The cops seem to give us the best looks of confusion. We are starting out slow and Amber has a training regiment set up so I'm sure it will be getting more and more challenging as we continue. She has support in the states for fundraisers of people running their own 5k the same day we will be running down here!!!
Today as we ran I was towards the back because I was holding hands and running with our youngest runner Jonathan who just celebrated his birthday! (Amber made cupcakes!!!) He refused to keep his shoes tied so we stopped every couple minutes to put his shoes back on putting is farther and farther behind. However, the entire time I would put my money on Jonathan having the largest smile on his out of the entire group! He is definitely one of the sweetest little guys I've meet down here and I really enjoy getting to spend time with him four days out of the week! He always greets me and David with biggest hugs and smiles you could imagine!
Running in the streets also gives me a great time to reflect on the short time I've been here so far. I've realized how much I've already changed and how far I still have to go. Today I though a lot about my communication with the people here in Honduras. I realized why people learn a language so fast when the move to another country. Yes part of it is because you are surrounded by it. But I think the biggest reason is people yearn to communicate better with the people they care about. That is exactly what I'm going through. I am learning as much as I can because I can't wait to have more in depth conversations with the people at the homeless shelter as well as the countless number of people I have yet to meet that I'm sure I'll want to talk to. Luckily the wonderful teachers I work with at Interamerican are working with me everyday on my Spanish skills and everyday I am getting better.
I'm not used to going to bed every night so excited for the next day that I struggle to fall asleep. Everyday down here I am excited to wake up and start. Thank you all again for your support!
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