Amor asombroso.

I have way to much to say about this week in Honduras but I will put what I can.  The first full day we went awesome.  We went to a community called Mirador and built a house for a very young couple with two children, who were so excited to have their own house.  We would switch out building and playing with the kids that seemed to come from no where wanting attention and, of course, candy that we were handing out.  The amazing thing was that the children would just come up to you with no introduction, no words, they would just come up and hold your hand and hug you and kiss you, like they had known you forever.  How often does that happen in America?  Hmmm, let me think...NEVER.  If that happened here the parents would immediately apologize and usher their kids away.  But the parents in this community just stood and watched smiling as we played with their children and held them.
The next few days we spent at Jovenes, a boys orphanage that my Uncle helped start.  The boys there were not only sweet and just plain amazing, they were inspiring.  Their happiness overwhelmed me.  I loved getting to know each one and seeing their different personalities.  I heard a few of their story's from when they weren't at Jovenes and some of them were unbelievable!  One of the boys there, when he was a baby his parents would leave him in a barrel while they went to work.  Finally the neighbors heard and took care of that.  He had no emotions when they first got him and he could only say "Na na".  So that's what they called him for a while.  But now you look at this precious boy (Jose) and he's so incredibly happy!  He's all smiles.
The last  day we went to the hospital and a blind school.  The hospital was very hard to go there and see the little sick children but it was worth it to cheer them up (and their parents) and see them smile.  The blind school was amazing.  They sang for us and it sounded just like angels!
Over all this was the best experience of my life.  There is nothing like it in the world.  The thing that touched me the most was that even with so little, these kids were some of the happiest people I have ever seen in my life.  That just goes to show how possessions are most definitely  NOT the key to happiness.  Love is.