Hello all,
I know that I am kind of behind, but I wanted to put some pictures on the site today of our outing a few weeks ago. At the end of February, the Board of Directors for the organization was down for the semi-annual board meeting. While they were here they took everyone to Mundo Feliz and Pizza Hut. Mundo Feliz (translation: Happy World!)is kind of like a mix of Dave and Buster's and Chucky Cheese. It was a great outing for everyone and the kids really had LOTS of fun. It was so funny to see all 80 kids go running around the place like crazy people. The funniest thing was that they had this little ride that was kind of like bumper cars (only they were motorcycles) for little kids. Well, all of the little kids wanted to ride this ride, of course. So, instead of just letting a few kids on at a time, they let bunches and bunches of them on. All of these wild little kids were riding these motorcycle things around the circle, running into each other, tipping them over, running people over, ect ect. It was hilarious! The workers thought that the solution to the problem would be to just put more workers in the area, no, that didn't work either. Now there was just more targets for the kids to run over. I got the most enjoyment just laughing at them - the workers certainly earned their money that day! I have posted a picture on this site today of Tito, one of the teenage boys, sporting a balloon hat that was made for him by a clown at Pizza Hut. The kids really enjoy when the Board comes to visit because all of the Board members are truly nice people, and they always take the kids on some big outing like this. You can check out our phanfare website for more Mundo Feliz and Pizza Hut pictures!

I also want to thank everyone who has been emailing or writing us. We really enjoy hearing from you all. It truly makes us feel loved!

Miss you all bunches,
Britney

Sunday, March 11, 2007

Hello all,
I can't believe it, I am actually making a post to my blog 2 days in a row! Wow! I think that this is a first, or a near first at least! Well, today was a really good day here a the home. Bobby and I have met a group of Americans who are here working as teachers in a Christian school. They go to the same church that we do, which is where we met at. They have come out to the home the past 2 Sundays to hang out with the kids, which has been really great because they are super cool and it is nice to have fellow Americans to hang out with every now and then. We also had 2 teachers come out to visit today from Honduras. They are actually Americans also but they are working as teachers in Honduras. They were in El Salvador visiting for the weekend and decided to come out here and hang out with the kids also. All of the teachers were quite excited because when they came out today they learned how to make pupusas. Pupusas are a traditional El Salvadorean food that basically consists of a soft round rice flour or corn flour tortilla that is stuffed with either beans, cheese, pork, or a combination of all three. They are super cheap (like about 30 cents each) to buy and there are like a million (okay, maybe not a million, but close) little pupusarias (little pupusa restaurants) on every street. The teachers all went into the kitchen today and the girls taught them how to make the pupusas and they helped girls and the cooks make dinner. It was quite funny to see the kitchen stuffed full of so many gringas! Ha, ha. I have posted a couple of pictures of them hard at work in the kitchen today. The first picture is of the two American teachers visiting from Honduras (Jen and Joy) and the second photo is of the teachers who are working here in San Salvador. You can visit the phanfare website to see more pupusa photos and to see the very funny "how to make pupusas" instructional video that we made! Quite hilarious!

I also got to talk to some of our youth from GNG tonight! Yeah! How great it was to hear your voices. I didn't realize how much I missed you guys until after I talked to you on the phone. We can't wait to come home and visit. We love you all bunches!

Britney

Hello all,
Sorry for not doing too well updating the website and the blog, but we are having some computer problems which is making it difficult for me to upload pictures (or do anything on the computer for that matter). Things have been going okay here. Bobby has been busy making a garden. He is soooo excited because he gets to plant things here that he wouldn't be able to at home (like banana trees). He also made a small flower garden outside of our house where he planted some flowers, vegetables, and 3 small coffee plants. We went to an agricultural fair a couple of weeks ago and he bought the coffee plants there for 30 cents each. He was so excited about his new plants that when we came home that evening he went outside in the dark and planted them! LOL! He was like a kid at Christmas time! He wants to get the kids involved in working in the garden. Here in this country gardening isn't a pastime, it is an important life skill. Some of the kids here have been good with helping, and others have been more interested in making problems. But, hopefully it will work out okay. The plan is that I will teach the girls how to can once the vegetables from the garden are ready. This is a bigger project than we expected, but we are enjoying it. You can check out www.bobandbrit.phanfare.com for the latest garden photos. Well, I got to go for now. We love and miss you all bunches.
Britney