The Thrill of Victory...Two in a Row Actually

So, to redeem ourselves from the last game, we won our game against décimo (10th grade) on Friday in penalty.  It was a nerve-wracking, thrilling game that had students and teachers cheering at the top of their lungs. Fast-foward to today and history repeats itself. Its the semi-finals, Maestras and Décimo tied 1-1, penalty will decide...and of course....the maestras triumph with 2 goals to 1 and the crowd goes wild, erupting in absolute joy, cheering and spraying us with water in true Honduran style.....Guess I don't have to say that today was a good day :) Finals manana when we meet Séptimo (the 7th graders). Wish us luck!

Puchica! The Sting of Defeat...

So we lost today and the joyouse screams of the 7th graders are still ringing in my ears. A controversial free kick gave them the only goal of the game and thats how the cookie crumbled. Despite our loss, we are in good spirits. We play again tomorrow against the 10th graders and will once again meet the 7th graders in the finals next week. Once we take our revenge (por supesto, los estudiantes de septimo grado no pueden ganar dos veces) its on to the basketball tournament. And much more fun stuff is in the near future. A trip to Copan in 2 weeks, un viaje a Roatan en un mes y las vacaciones en Semana Santa. But sooner than those is...the weekend...and a welcomed chance to rest and be refreshed. Hasta luego.

Somos Malas....Ya Sabemos

Yea...we know we are really really bad for not updating the blog in so long but teaching so many classes is definitely draining. Add to that tutoring and being missionaries and you have two tired twins. We are now also sitting in a Spanish class at La Universidad Autónoma. It is actually a class for persons who speak Spanish (like our English classes in college) but we need the practice and still can't find a conversation class anywhere.  This week has been particularly exciting as we maestras are competing against the high school girls in futbol. So far we have slaughtered the competition (8th and 9th grade) and manana we meet the unbeaten 7th grade. We need to beat them or else we will never live it down and there are still 4 months left of teaching them lol.

So here are some pics to update you on our many adventures.

La Feria de SIDA/ The AIDS Fair (thats right a fair about AIDS which involved the students playing knowledge games on the subject, yea....it was not as awkward as it sounds)

I (Darcia) made that sign...I'm so proud :)

The Valle de Angeles Retreat ( A nice weekend of fun and fellowship with the high schoolers)

The Covention Center/Church

Inside

Too Cool 11th Graders

Just taking a break :)

Uno!

Cansada

Bunk beds that go up to four levels-loco!

Just chillin

Uno Game is on

Mountain Taxi

En el parque

Hermosas Sonrisas

En el campo

Class Time: Cultural Presentation in 7th Grade

Geovanny the joker and sweet Andrea

Guapos!

Feliz Navidad...Feliz Navidad :)

It's December and that means we have a whole 3 weeks vacation to rest, relax and celebrate the birth of Christ. We are so happy for the break. There's Christmas cheer at school, in the city and even in our house...Pictures from the Christmas Concert at School. And yes, a small group of us sang Christmas Carols acapella - it was beautiful.

We're ready!

Nelly

Cia

Ladies in Red - Kadian and Emliy

Angels from Primary

Beautiful

Christmas is in the Air

Too Cute!

Getting Ready to Sing :)

Enjoying the rest of the night

Posing in one of the decorated classrooms

All I Want for Christmas Is You :)

Couldn't resist posing by the decorated board

Miz Twinz with some 9th Graders

The Fantastic Four relaxing and watching the concert

Nelly and Cia