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| 23rd August 2008 Alexa Solange | awwww....e - From: A Tough Decision Awww...old times I really miss!!! Oh I look soooo young!!! |
| 23rd August 2008 Alexa Solange | Hahaha - From: "I Like All, Except I Don't Like..." This are really good pictures and really funny! We miss that funny stuff now that we are in seventh grade ): |
| 23rd August 2008 Alexa Solange! | Hi!!! - From: "But Mees, I don't want to desfilar..." Awww...e Great pictures of some old times!!! We miss you Miss Jenna!! ): |
| 4th June 2007 Nikki | - From: When Social Justice Becomes Oxymoronic I am so glad I decided to check out your blog... These words are incedibly touching and thought-provoking. It's funny, I was just thinking about this exact same thing with La Crosse today. It's considered a great community with great health care facilities and schools...but, as a young person living here I see so many divisions...poor/rich, white/black, young/old...and, it is making me more pessimistic about our society... thanks for the last paragraph though...as they say, "it is truely the small things that matter". I think... |
| 28th May 2007 swills82 | - From: When Social Justice Becomes Oxymoronic Well said Jenna. Thanks. |
| 24th March 2007 mom | you are so loved!!! - From: The Homecoming We are all so glad you are home. You don't realize how special you are to so many people. Get use to it!! |
| 17th March 2007 a teacher | What happened next? - From: "I Like All, Except I Don't Like..." What happened next? Are you still teaching there? I am planning to teach in Honduras next year and I enjoyed your blog...I want more! |
| 23rd February 2007 LIBYA | THANKS FOR BEING YOU! - From: "I Like All, Except I Don't Like..." HI! I'M A HONDURAN LIVING IN NJ FOR THE PAST 30 YRS. I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOUR DOING FOR OUR CHILDREN IN HONDURAS. I KNOW IT COULD BE A LITTLE HARD AT TIMES BEING THAT THAT OUR CULTURE IS DIFFERENT, BUT WE COULD COPE WITH IT! I WHICH I HAD THE GUTS JUST TO MOVE TO HONDURAS AND DO THINGS FOR OUR CHILDREN. I TRY TO GO THERE ONCE A YR. AND WHEN I GO I BRING TONS OF THINS TO GIVE OUT TO THE NEEDY. I'M FORM TEGUZ AND DO MY DONATIONS TO THE CHURCH. ON A FINAL NOTE JUST KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! IT'S OBVIOUS THOSE KIDS LOVE YOU! |
| 24th December 2006 Matt | Mall Multiplaza - From: Bus Stop Preachers, Canadian Flare, and Shoe Shopping - Our Trip to the Capital Hey, searched for Honduras travel blogs and came to this one! I can't believe I'm seeing Mall Multiplaza again, what a heaven sent place! I'm still pining for my babies at Escuela Experimental in Comayaguela. If you are anything like me, you'll be feeling the effects when you are back home! |
| 11th November 2006 Olivia Arreola | Wow - From: Solo Por Un Queso Hi, you dont know me but I just read your blogs about teaching the 5th graders and it sounds similar to my experience this past summer.(I cant believe how long ago it was!) I also was teaching classes to 5th graders as well as 1st-4th graders every week in a little community in Lempira, and I loved it. Although my friend and I only taught classes in English, the kids in my community would say the cutest things, and they absolutely loved us. I remember the first day of class I was observing, and watched the school sing their national anthem-while staring at my partner and I off the side instead of the flag that was right in front of them. good times. Well sounds like your having fun, I wish you luck. Can I ask you how you got the job teaching there, I would like to try it in the future. |
| 22nd October 2006 Aunt Sandy | - From: Vegetable Curry and Stories from Class Had to hook up with you as my last e-mail never made it. I resent it today. Any way the writing abilities of the kids are impressive, but the content made me sad. I'd just want to take him home.I know what you mean about the limited menu. When we're in Cabo for only two weeks I need to bring 1 suitcase of just food, and I love tacos and the like. The pictures are awesome, especially the falls, and the shoe store. It's calling me. Hope you had a happy birthday. Heard you got your 1 pkg. Hope you get ours-SOON! I love you...Aunt Sandy |
| 18th October 2006 Christina | - From: My Favorite Day in Honduras So Far When you say "we sat and drank coffee" does this "we" include you? |
| 16th October 2006 mom | yes, I want coffee...please be careful - From: My Favorite Day in Honduras So Far Wow, the pics were fantastic, and I definitly would like to help with the school. But, you are the one that has to bring empty suitcases home to be filled. Ouch, the mail is expensive! |
| 15th October 2006 christina | - From: Bus Stop Preachers, Canadian Flare, and Shoe Shopping - Our Trip to the Capital oooh do I miss malls! And I don't even want to think about cinnabuns, yummy! |
| 7th October 2006 swills82 | - From: Bus Stop Preachers, Canadian Flare, and Shoe Shopping - Our Trip to the Capital definately a good time. Don't forget the man blowing kisses over his microphone though... lol.... too funny. |
| 24th September 2006 mom | I am pleased! - From: Vegetable Curry and Stories from Class Very good child, you are eating your vegetables!!! Seriously, enjoy the fresh produce, we had a hard frost this week and the tomatoes took a hit along with the corn and herbs left out on the porch at the farm house. I went to a quilting class today and worked on a flannel quilt. Looking at your pics, and then looking outside, you may get company sooner than planned. Love you ! |
| 23rd September 2006 karen | germs! - From: Inside A Honduran Hospital Hi Jenna, Ok, heres a thought! If they didn't have any "soap" around and they didn't have any "gloves" around, a person would be very lucky not to leave the hospital with additonal illnesses. :) Actually, I am very glad they were so helpful and you are getting better. I'm sure more germs are spread around just eating with a group of preschool children. Although, i have to say, after 10 days of class, the children with NO English have learned all the different times during the day when they have to wash their hands. and...if they already washed their hands to eat and then decided to go use the bathroom, why does the teacher make them wash their hands again! :) ( hard to debate the issue when they can't speak English! |
| 23rd September 2006 Karen | Hand Sanitizer - From: Inside A Honduran Hospital Well Jenna, not to worry, i have SEVERAL Hand Sanitizers all over my house, not to mention the HUGE one we received from a parent last year. Well, now i know what to send you for your birthday! :) I love reading your journals but visualizing the bathroom seen was a little hard to handle. Is this the story you told I would enjoy reading! :) Hey, i am glad you are feeling better. |
| 22nd September 2006 mom | my hair is turning gray - From: Inside A Honduran Hospital Child!!!! Are you and your dad trying to do me in? First him, and then you. I am the only one staying at home and both of you end up in the hospital the same week. I am glad to know that you were taken care of and are feeling better. If Karen isn't ready to send over hand sanitizer, I am! I have been spraying my tables and desks for the last week, due to the colds, strep, and nasties going around. Today I thought about sanitizing the pencils after seeing a child chew on one. I love you and would appreciate you taking care of yourself! Will call on Sunday. |
| 20th September 2006 swills82 | - From: Surprise Drinks Totally stealing this list and adding it to my already posted entry on my blog. I love it. It was definately a night to remember... best one in Honduras so far. |
| 20th September 2006 swills82 | Yay Us! - From: Getting Ready to Desfilar They are SOOO cute I know. I had such a great time. I'm sure they had a blast as well. It was definately worth the 5 days of intense practice! |
| 20th September 2006 mom | smiles - From: Getting Ready to Desfilar Where did the time go..I still remember you and Elizabeth trying to twirl your batons as little tykes!! Then the pompoms in middle school and then the flags. Those young ladies are lucky you had so much practice early in life. I still haven't seen a picture of you'all in you uniforms. If you look as sharp as the kids, I don't see what the problem is. Have a good week! Leinnee has been great according to dad. Wait until you hear about Leinnee's adventures at Grampa's. Love you sweetie! Mom |
| 7th September 2006 swills82 | - From: "But Mees, I don't want to desfilar..." Yay for us and the ponponaras. I asked Mercedes, and that is the official spelling. We'll get those girls spining and kicking in no time. So glad to be sharing in this experience with ya :) |
| 5th September 2006 Karen | - From: Break It Down Like a Racoon Jenna, everyday must be an adventure for you! I love the scale story :) and just to let you know, we sent 2 more packages today and that is an adventure in itself! ( but very much worth it!) . Plus, for anyone who mails a package or letter to Jenna and doesn't want to get "yelled' at from the postal service, please remember to write HONDURAS on the very Bottom and in BIG letters. Otherwise it is possible, looking at the zip code, it will go some place in the east coast and never leave the US. (which is what they think might of happened to the first package i sent. they say eventually someone will catch the problem and it may arrive in a few months!) Lets hope its on its way. Oh yes, and birthday cards to Jenna should be mailed VERY soon. It can take 3 weeks for her to get a letter! Jenna, keep the stories coming! |
| 5th September 2006 Karen | - From: Solo Por Un Queso Jenna, today was a weird first day back to school for Travis. I got a call from the school around 10am saying that Travis went to use the bathroom and never returned to class. Hmmm, Whats up with that!! Well, at least we know YOU didn't have anything to do with it, being that you are in honduras! :) Ok, we might be joking a little but we LOVE what you wrote about that little boy. We still think you should of let him go to "the bathroom" but given him your shoe size first in case he happened to run into a cool shoe store! :) |
| 5th September 2006 anonymous | - From: Babies! Hey, nothing's more cooler than "Travis the gecko" |
| 3rd September 2006 karen | - From: Pictures from Long Ago Hi Jenna, Sorry to disappoint you but we have 2 more days to enjoy this weekend!!! ( labor day is Monday!) Not to rub it in or anything! :) Don't worry,we'll be thinking of you on Monday as you're working!! :) Oh, and don't worry about "M" from our classroom last year because he is all ready for kindergarten. All he has to remember is his takes the red dot!! :) ( school bus) Good thing they all know their colors and shapes! Who knows where he would end up if he took the blue triangle instead! I love your stories. |
| 2nd September 2006 Karen | Picture - From: Back to School, Back to School Jenna, that picture looks like half the pictures in our power point last year :) It sure brings back memories. Remember little "M" and the way he would move his hands for each picture. So cute! Sounds like you have a fun classroom. It also reminds me how we only had 4 boys out of 17 children and they seem to be in ALL the pictures! |
| 30th August 2006 Karen | Shoes - From: Pictures Coming Soon... Well Jenna, you finally know what i feel like looking for shoes here. Most shoe stores start at size 6 and i wear a 5 1/2. :) Hey, someone else in this house is going to be SO EXCITED to wake up and find you added to your journal. as you know he checks it daily and just went to bed when the last two journals were added. You know he really hasn't heard much about "travis the gecko" lately. :) looking forward to reading your "teaching" adventures! |
| 26th August 2006 Karen | You Did It :) - From: Friday - Part 1 Jenna, your Classroom looks Great! You did an Awesome Job!! You are SO Creative! I feel bad now complaining over the small amount of paper we had last year as they "forgot" to order many of our supplies, remember :) I suppose we still had alot, compared to what you have now. I am so impressed with your classroom but i am always impressed on how creative you are. You did an outstanding job! I love your website. |
| 26th August 2006 mom | letter awaiting my arrival home...ugh - From: Teacher Training in Honduras Yes, when I arrived home for the weekend, my letters from PHS/PhMS were waiting with scheduled inservices. Smiles for me!! "if" the 7-12 are combined under 1 principal, does that mean only 1 teacher meeting a month? BUT, I have one 6th grader and 6th grade is under the PES??? It will be interesting to see how this year is going to develop. ;-) |
| 26th August 2006 mom | I want the Gecko - From: In the Game I could use a little lizard that would eat the bugs at the farm house!! There are all kidn of little critters that he could make a meal on and I would be very appreciative. Kaija and I named her goldfish "Bait" this summer. It didn't last very long...only 2 weeks. It was too hot for the little thing, I think. |
| 25th August 2006 Karen | Fish - From: In the Game Jenna, you didn't mention the other "creative" names the children came up with for our fish! :) and... you forgot to mention that one child knocked the fish tank onto the floor which broke and we were still able to find the fish ( which took awhile) , pick it up with our hands, find something to put it in, and SAVE the fish!! :) Yeah, what a team!! |
| 24th August 2006 Travis | Games - From: Settling Catan Jenna, Monopoly and Risk are my favorite games! I want that game you have but don't send it by boat, It sounds like you could walk it here faster :) |
| 24th August 2006 mom | couple of languages? - From: Super Star Shoot child, I am still working on the first language, but then there is the southern version and the midwest version and they do not mix. It is great having John and Connie from Alabama volunteering at the center this summer. They sound normal to me. (smiles, did you notice I cleaned up the "shoot"?) Missing you!!!! |
| 23rd August 2006 Miss Jenna | - From: Beans Beans Beans mmm...i'm eating leftovers right now! |
| 23rd August 2006 swills82 | You're Very Welcome! - From: Beans Beans Beans Quite an easy recipe, but I'm very glad to share it. :) |
| 22nd August 2006 christina | - From: Beans Beans Beans Sweet... I'll eat anything if there is curry on it! |
| 22nd August 2006 christina | - From: Port Royal and Birthday Dancing are you cheating on me? Frosties and Fries with another woman? |
| 22nd August 2006 christina | estoy celosa! - From: FUTBOL!!! I don't know how much more of this I can read Jenna, it looks beautiful. I wish I could do the same, but apparently I live in a cave. By the end of the year, you may convince me to move to Honduras! |
| 20th August 2006 Miss Jenna | We have spare rooms - From: Port Royal and Birthday Dancing As of right now, we have a spare room in the house. I would love for you to come visit. If you don't want to stay with a group of crazy teachers however, there are nice hotels with ac for $15 dollars a night. The most expensive hotel, that has a nice pool and everything is only a grand total of $45 dollars a night :) Bring on the Port Royal and shopping (i forgot to mention, aunt sandy, that cute clothes are also very inexpensive here). |
| 20th August 2006 Uncle George andAunt Sandy | beer - From: Port Royal and Birthday Dancing Yeah! Uncle George is sitting here with his tongue hanging out after reading your message about Port Royal.Certain things just motivate certain people. He suddenly wants to book a trip. You never know. Sounds like you're having a great time. love ya! |
| 20th August 2006 mom | thank you - From: Comayagua, Here I Come....Wait It took until today to finally catch up with your entries. Yes, I do feel better being able to hear about your daily adventures. Hope you have a great time this weekend. Looking forward to seeing more pics. |
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