While the house was being built so were the relationships. The team enjoyed the children most of all. Sarah was found playing marbles with Brayan and Manuel many times. Matt took time away from lunch to play one on one soccer with one of the neighboring boys. Matt also made a special little friend who did not like him wearing his gloves because they were dirty. They nicknamed her "No No". The children with Maida's guidance were very respectful of the job site. They stayed cleared of the construction but somehow found room to play with the North Americans. Their angelic innocence is breathtaking. The children in Honduras love life. They love being just kids. We would watch them climbing the trees, chasing one another and taking care of one another. Matt observed one day a little girl watching her little sister's feet and the placed her sandals on her feet. Also one little girl got her bath put on her white dress, bent down, put spit on her hands and then wiped if off on her clean white dress. After all this she shot her marble. Children enjoy being children. There was a couple of times the little boys were sifting sand for the team as the week was coming to an end. They had moved the sifting sand for the floor to the street for easy access. Three of the little fellows were sifting the sand for Jose. They all wanted to play apart in this home being built. Thank you God for the little children. They are sometimes the bible we need to read.
Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."
Matthew 19:14
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