JEC Walk for the Way

On Wednesday afternoon around 3:30 PM, every single little boy, all 59 nine of them (ages 5-18), gathered in the front of JEC and prepared to walk three miles. While walking three miles does not seem like such a big deal to me, I am in fact a 23 year old who likes to exercise. I am not a five year old with tiny, short legs.

The reasoning behind this was to show support and gratitude to those walking tomorrow, Saturday, September 10th, in the first Jovenes En Camino "Walk for the Way". The walk is to raise money and awareness about the orphanage here in Zamorano, Honduras. Honduras celebrates "Dia del Nino", or "kids day", every 10th of September, so we had to do our walk early.

We walked all three miles shouting "HOLA" at every car that passed. Not to mention we also took about 75 pee breaks for the little ones whose bladders just simply couldn't handle it. Although it was a long way to walk for such little boys, complaints were almost unheard of, and the boys took turns carrying the signs we had prepared earlier this week. For those who are familiar with where JEC is located, we walked from the gates of JEC to the market in Zamorano (where they sell the awesome banana bread) and the Expresso Americano. We stopped at those benches to celebrate our finish with OJ and cookies. We were lucky as we took our last few photos of the entire group, rain drops started to fall and thunder clapped. We hopped on our JEC bus that met us there and headed home for dinner.

This is Cristian Ochoa - he was my walking partner the entire way :) He's one of the boys I'm closest to here at JEC, and while he's 13 trying to go on 18, he's the transparent type, and I can see Jesus so much in him. He has an incredible heart, even if he sometimes doesn't want to wash his clothes or do his chores. But seriously, I mean what 13 year old wants to do that stuff?