Casa de Esperanza

We arrived at the House of Hope yesterday...and already we feel like we´ve been here for days. As soon as we walked through door--even before--we were surrounded by the children. they are absolutely precious, and they´re loving on us so much; it seems like there´s never a moment when there isn´t a child hugging you or kissing you or holding your hand or saying your name (they call me "Mitcha" and Yoko is "Joko"). Most of them are Moskito (indian), and there is an incredible mixture of languages here, spanish and moskito and english and some sign language. we started working with jose, who is deaf, today. he is very smart but it´s hard to know how much he really comprehends with the vocabulary he has already learned. he´s already learned a lot, and the other kids are learning too. there are two boys, selvin and leni, who are good friends with jose, and they pick signs up almost faster than he does--it´s so neat so see how much they want to learn and communicate with him. :-)
katrina and roger are amazing--they really have an amazing ministry here, and their kids are amazing too. they´ve informally adopted two honduran children and their other three children speak english, spanish, and miskito very well.
well we have to get back to teach another sign class--there is sooooo much more we could tell and describe, but i guess it will have to wait till we get back.
prayer requests: that jose would comprehend and be able to progress in his vocabulary and communication. that our spanish would improve! (and miskito also)