MAMMA Project

What has been going on here in Honduras...

We the last two days we have done the medical brigade as well as doing laying cement. I have done both :-) Yesterday I worked with the medical brigade. My job for the day was to hand out toys to the kids. It was so funny they totally tried to work me over and many of them succeeded. We were limited to one toy for a child, they were beanie babies, or two small ones. I was trying to be selective about what I handed out. I wanted to look for something that they would enjoy. It was fun and I definitely enjoyed the time interacting with the kids. Some of them went through a lot. Pricked fingers, check ups, teeth pulling, by the time they got to me I was their favorite person because I had a toy for them.

Today I mixed and laid cement. Part of what MAMMA does is find a home in the communities they go to and lay cement. Most families have dirt floors which is why they get parasites. Cementing them cuts down on this. MAMMA goes in and finds a family. They talk about the floor they want to cement. Give them money for dirt, then we show up, mix the dirt and concrete with water, and lay it. It was pretty cool. We did two homes, but three floors today. We were supposed to do the bedrooms in one home but the family changed one of the rooms to the living room. This was a little frustrating because it was quite a bit bigger, but we were able to do it with the materials we had.

We have one more day of the brigade, then we leave on Thursday for Roatan. I´m excited, a little nervous about getting burnt, but hopefully I won´t get burnt too badly. I put sunscreen on twice today and still got burnt, it makes me nervous being at the beach, by the water, in the sun for three days.

Thanks for the continued prayers. 8 more days!
Kelley