Family Traditoin

The week would not be complete in Las Cabasas, Proviner, Choluteca, Honduras without a celebration meal.  This village for the last eight years has always sacrificed their chickens for a huge pot of chicken soup, sopa de Guiana.  This time there was five chickens in the pot of soup.  Team member Kyle got the privilege to help kill the last chicken.  He held the chicken while Marixa cut its throat and then she sat the chicken in a pot of hot water to help make the plucking much easier.  Then she cut it up and cleaned it to go into the boiling pot of water.  While these two were preparing the last chicken, Sarah and Meida were helping Michelle, Keeley and Mrs. Nancy clean and cut up all the vegetables to go into the soup.  There was tomatoes, onions, peppers, yuca, potatoes, squash and small corn.  This was a feast in the making.  Of course there was someone making up fresh tortillas while all this was going on as well.  These ladies and Kyle cooked for over three hours on this meal for their team and their new Honduran family. I was so proud of this team in so many ways.  How they engaged with the Hondurans and lived a day just like they would do on a daily basis.  Michelle said she was humbled by Marixa working so hard every day for her family. She was always cooking a meal, washing the dishes and washing the clothes all day long.  Plus providing the team with a large 3 liter coke each and every day because on the first day the team brought lempiras to buy a coke but Marixa bought it for them and every day after that except maybe one.  She made sure the bathroom was clean and provided toilet paper each day for the team.  Marixa definitely had the gift of hospitality and we all learned so much by simply watching her daily lives.  Yes the team did provide her a home and the team did share this was not any sacrifice compared to the sacrifice Marixa showed each one of the all week.  We love this community so much and how much they all teach us about love thy neighbor and the sense of community, true love for each other.