Honduras Team 2008 Summary

Our trip got off to a rough start. The bus never came to take us to the airport so some of our loving parents took us to Chicago. We got to the airport to find out Jenna didn't have a ticket and we had to pay for our 2nd bag. After all that we got on the plane and it was smoothish sailing from there.

We got to San Pedro and it was burning hot! When we got to camp it was a lot cooler. The camp is on a hill and going up and down the hill is a good workout.

On 7/2/08 we set up for camp only to find out that night that the first camp was not going to happen due to that fact that only 10 people signed up. So we had 4 days with nothing to do.

7/3/08 we went to repel down a water fall that was 150 feet high (I think). To get to the top of the waterfall we had to hike uphill. While Kike and Dave set up we got to go on a tour of a coffee farm. We all went down the waterfall only to find out the hardest part was to get back to the top. We had to step on a tree and climb on a rock then climb up a narrow part and then pull ourselves up by our arms. It was not easy at all.

7/4/08 was one of the best days of my life. We got to go to an orphanage and make bracelets, necklaces and play games with the kids. They were sooo nice and humble. We went there to give them bracelets and they would just give them back to us. They did this even though we have a lot and they have nothing, not even a mom or dad.

7/5/08 The people that didn't have time to go down the waterfall got to go down and the rest of us got ready for the camp. That night we went to a soccer game of Kike's favorite team-Olympia. It was fun to watch such a wonderful team play.

7/6/08 This day we got up and went to church. It was fun to watch a sermon in Spanish and the one pastor was good at English and offered to translate for us. After church we attempted to pack and do laundry before our trip to Tela.

7/7/08 We got up and went swimming in the ocean then we went on the tour boat. We went on a beautiful hike and swam though a cave. We ate lunch at this island with huts and ate fish that had teeth. On the why back it was crazy bumpy on the boat.

7/8/08 We just kind of hung out at the beach and pool and the shops. We went back to camp at 4 pm.

7/9/08 We got the ready for the campers to come. Later in the day they came.
When the campers got there we had free time to get to know them. We went to our cabins to meet our teams and we made a flag, a cheer and played a question game.

7/10/08 -7/13/08 At camp we did different sections. The different sections were high ropes, 2 low ropes stations, archery, team games, arts/crafts and I think that’s it. In the morning we would do fun activities like a photo scavenger hunt and we had free time at night.

7/14/08 was the last day of camp. Pobresita- oh dear get ready to get wet and dirty. It was sooo much fun playing with water balloons and in the mud but it was sad when all the campers had to leave.