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Sunday, July 3, 2011
Saturday, July 2, 2011
DELAYED
Please keep our team in prayers as they have been delayed in Miami for what looks like a day. Thanks for your prayers and support!
Friday, July 1, 2011
LAST DAY (viernes)
Today was our final full day in Honduras.
We left at 7am and headed in the van to Valley of Angels to shop and have lunch. Our drive was exciting as all drive in Honduras seem to be – it amazes me how close all the cars get to each other – and the way pedestrians run across the road in front of cars! I had to stop watching after awhile. We have been so thankful to have Edwin as our driver – we have learned to trust and appreciate him (even when it’s a bit scary!)
When we arrived Marcy took us to a huge store to start looking for souvenirs. After about 2 hours of shopping we went to lunch – Marcy ordered lunch for us – we all had cheese papusas. We were able to watch as the woman pressed out the flour tortillas for each of them before she began cooking. We were given banana peppers and cole slaw to go with our lunch but warned by Jenn to eat at our own risk - since we couldn’t be sure how they were cleaned and with a long day of traveling ahead we had to decide if we wanted to risk getting sick – most of us chose to skip the toppings.
We had a short time to shop and barter after lunch before heading out again. I won’t share too much about our purchases so I don’t spoil any surprises!
Our next stop was a waterfall for a swim. We had to stop at Walmart quickly on our way – well it was supposed to be a quick stop but as we have learned – nothing is quick in Honduras. By the time we finally got on the road it started to get cloudy and it looked like rain. We figured it was our only chance to go for a swim so we decided to go no matter what. We had a short hike in the rain (hiking seems to bring rain on for our team) and soon arrived at the waterfall. It was too slippery to go all the way down to the bottom of the waterfall but we were still able to get in the very murky water. Quite a few were feeling adventurous and went on a rope swing or jumped off of the rocks into the water below. It was so much fun – even in the rain.
Tonight we had an authentic Honduran dinner of beans, rice, pico, beef and corn tortillas – so good – I could eat like that every day! We ended our evening with some time praying for Kristi and Edwin. We then had some de-briefing about our return trip to the US tomorrow. We were then able to pray for Marcy, Kjell and their kids.
Now we’re all packed up and ready to leave here at 5:30am tomorrow morning. Hard to believe our time in Honduras is almost done – what an amazing week! Please pray for our return flights to be safe and on time tomorrow. Looking forward to sleeping in our own beds and throwing our toilet paper in the toilet!
Mike, Sam, Aubrey – I love you so much and can’t wait to see you on Sunday!! I might have a couple of surprises for you…see you soon!
Jillian
We left at 7am and headed in the van to Valley of Angels to shop and have lunch. Our drive was exciting as all drive in Honduras seem to be – it amazes me how close all the cars get to each other – and the way pedestrians run across the road in front of cars! I had to stop watching after awhile. We have been so thankful to have Edwin as our driver – we have learned to trust and appreciate him (even when it’s a bit scary!)
When we arrived Marcy took us to a huge store to start looking for souvenirs. After about 2 hours of shopping we went to lunch – Marcy ordered lunch for us – we all had cheese papusas. We were able to watch as the woman pressed out the flour tortillas for each of them before she began cooking. We were given banana peppers and cole slaw to go with our lunch but warned by Jenn to eat at our own risk - since we couldn’t be sure how they were cleaned and with a long day of traveling ahead we had to decide if we wanted to risk getting sick – most of us chose to skip the toppings.
We had a short time to shop and barter after lunch before heading out again. I won’t share too much about our purchases so I don’t spoil any surprises!
Our next stop was a waterfall for a swim. We had to stop at Walmart quickly on our way – well it was supposed to be a quick stop but as we have learned – nothing is quick in Honduras. By the time we finally got on the road it started to get cloudy and it looked like rain. We figured it was our only chance to go for a swim so we decided to go no matter what. We had a short hike in the rain (hiking seems to bring rain on for our team) and soon arrived at the waterfall. It was too slippery to go all the way down to the bottom of the waterfall but we were still able to get in the very murky water. Quite a few were feeling adventurous and went on a rope swing or jumped off of the rocks into the water below. It was so much fun – even in the rain.
Tonight we had an authentic Honduran dinner of beans, rice, pico, beef and corn tortillas – so good – I could eat like that every day! We ended our evening with some time praying for Kristi and Edwin. We then had some de-briefing about our return trip to the US tomorrow. We were then able to pray for Marcy, Kjell and their kids.
Now we’re all packed up and ready to leave here at 5:30am tomorrow morning. Hard to believe our time in Honduras is almost done – what an amazing week! Please pray for our return flights to be safe and on time tomorrow. Looking forward to sleeping in our own beds and throwing our toilet paper in the toilet!
Mike, Sam, Aubrey – I love you so much and can’t wait to see you on Sunday!! I might have a couple of surprises for you…see you soon!
Jillian
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