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First off, welcome to our blog.
Who are we? We are volunteers.
We are volunteers that have left our everyday lives back home to travel to the northern coast of Honduras to care for these lost, abandoned, and homeless children.
We are volunteering through a fantastic organization called Helping Honduras Kids that has created many projects for children throughout Northern Honduras and has given us the chance to be a part of this great work.
Below you will find pictures, heart felt stories, and our experiences as we continue to live in an orphanage called the Hogar de Amor, in English translated into "Home of Love".

Calling all Volunteers!!

>> Wednesday, July 14, 2010

We have been slacking in keeping up this blog but we want to ramp it up and get this going again!! If you have volunteered in the Hogar de Amor for Helping Honduras Kids, please write to us!

Send all photos, video links, and letters to 'thehogarreport@gmail.com'!

Thanks!

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Daniel is online!!

Daniel, one of our kids at the Hogar, has made it online with a picture of his favorite passtime: Check it out!!

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/fairplay/2010/06/childrens-orphanage-honduras.html

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Meet Santos

>> Friday, September 18, 2009

Meet Santos:

How old are you? "6"

What is your favorite color? "Blue"

What is your favorite sport? "Baseball"

What is your favorite activity? "Running, and playing games"

What is your favorite song? "Baichata"

What is your favorite movie? "Matri"

What is your favorite food? "Cheese, grapes, chicken, rice, and beef"

Where is your favorite place to go swimming? "Beach: I love playing in the sand."

What is your favorite animal? "Dog and tiger"

Santos is by far the biggest and cutest spaz I have ever had the fortune of teaching. He is well known for his constant snotty nose and his inability to keep his pants covering his bottom. He makes everyday a little different and for that I am grateful. Santos is the youngest of his four siblings: Rosa, Daniel, and Patricia. Santos never needs to be entertained because he does a great job at entertaining himself. He is the first to laugh at his own smart comments and his own jokes. The joke might now be funny, but to me the punch-line isn't till Santos is laughing.

Despite being a spaz, he is also very intelligent for his age. He is able to learn quicker and remember faster than any of the other kids his age and isn't happy till I have given him a ton of homework.

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Meet Sara

Meet Sara:
How old are you? "14"

What is your favorite color? "Blue"

What is your favorite sport? "Soccer. I'm better than a lot of the boys."

What is your favorite activity? "Dancing, reading, and running"

Who is your favorite music artist? "Wisin y Yendel"

What is your favorite movie? "Spiderman"

What is your favorite food? "Fried Chicken, rice with beans"

Where is your favorite place to go swimming? "Swimming pool: I just like it more."

What is your favorite animal? "Tiger"

Sara is one of the toughest kids at the Hogar. Saying she can take care of herself is an understatement. A correct analogy for Sara playing soccer with the other kids would be compared to a semi-truck racing VW Beatles. The beatles would be faster but the semi would plow right through to get the end first. I don't say this at all in a mean or derogatory fashion, I only write what I believe can best describe her.

She may be tough on the outside but she has a soft and sensitive inner-core that would put any mother to shame. She also has a great sense of fashion and always looks her best. She will make a great mother someday.

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Meet Moises

Meet Moises:

How old are you? "12"

What is your favorite color? "Red"

What is your favorite sport? "Soccer, I'm pretty good."

What is your favorite activity? "Listening to Music"

Who is your favorite music artist? "Enrique Iglesias"

What is your favorite movie? "Narnia, Superman, and La Bamba"

What is your favorite food? "Rice, beans, and chicken"

Where is your favorite place to go swimming? "Swimming pool: The beach has salt."

What is your favorite animal? "Rabbit"

Moises is one of those people in this world that I am still trying to figure out. He is completely against making eye contact but instead his eyes wander around the ceiling, wall, and everywhere else but at you. He has three siblings at the Hogar: Gerson, Fransisco, and his sister Ruth. He has an adorable smile and personality and when he laughs he claps his hands repeatedly to further express his joy. He laughs more than any of the other kids at the Hogar, often when there is nothing to laugh at. If I were to trade minds with anyone for a day it would be Moises: he seems to have the most fun!

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Meet Carolina

Meet Carolina:
How old are you? "I am 6"

What is your favorite color? "Pink"

What is your favorite sport? "Swimming, I hate soccer."

What is your favorite activity? "Drawing and Coloring"

What is your favorite song? "Estamos de Fiesta con Jesús"

What is your favorite movie? "All Princess Movies. Princesses are so pretty."

What is your favorite food? "Chicken with Rice"

Where is your favorite place to go swimming? "River: Because I used to live by it and it was beautiful."

What is your favorite animal? "A Sheep, I like the sound they make!"

One of Carolina's best talents is her ability to make anyone laugh. I could be having the worst day and she will come up to me, give me a huge hug and tell me she missed me and then proceed to make odd faces by moving her eyebrows in all directions. It is impossible to not fall in love with her corky personality almost instantly. I taught her last year in kinder and now I have her in first grade. I have found that she is awful at remembering sentences and names but make it into a song and she will be singing it by heart almost minutes later. She has two older sisters: Reina and Cherlin, and a younger sister Lourdes who just joined us at the Hogar a few months ago. Carolina has a special place in my heart for always making my days better.

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Meet Carlos

Meet Carlos:

How old are you? "8"

What is your favorite color? "Red"

What is your favorite sport? "I love playing soccer"

What is your favorite activity? "Mathematics"

Who is your favorite music artist? "Halaverea"

What is your favorite movie? "Superman and Batman"

What is your favorite food? "Chicken with Rice"

Where is your favorite place to go swimming? "River: I love the cold water."

What is your favorite animal? "Puppies. They are so cute."

Carlos is one of the only well behaved kids at the Hogar. He is always polite and I have never seen him upset or angry. He has two younger siblings at the Hogar and is very protective of his younger brother Joel and sister Lorenza. He is a great example to all of the other kids whenever we go out on outings or just around the house.

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Thanks for visiting our blog and remember to visit again! We will be posting weekly updates keeping you up to date on our new adventures with the kids! Thank you for all of your support!
---HHK Volunteers

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