Cinco de Mayo, El Mejor Dia de mi Vida
or, the best day of my life!
The weekday schedule for the shelter residents is not much different from most kids in the US. The day is consumed with schoolwork. For these guys it was English, Math, Geography, Art, and Outside physical activities (loosely translated means soccer). The weekdays were busy. The weekends were time relax.
My first Saturday in Harlingen was May 5, 2012, a day to celebrate Mexican heritage and pride. So what do we (US citizens and citizens of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) do? We throw a big Cinco de Mayo party including pizza, coca-cola, sandia, palomitas, and raspas. We had a karaoke contest that I called "Central American Idol," we danced, we listened to music and we ate.
After supper, the third full meal of the day, a 14 year old boy from Honduras waddled by to his cot and said, "este es el mejor dia de mi vida!"
Maybe today was a glimpse of banquets in the kingdom of God...
