Random Ramblings

Hola--Just wanted to keep this up to date somewhat just in case people are actually looking at this. Everything is going well and all of us are adjusting well. I am starting to come into the office most days now and I will start language classes next Monday. God continues to bless us and protect us. Thank you for all of your prayers and support. We are humbled and grateful for your prayers and your sacrifice to support us monthly or with special gifts. We truly appreciate each and every one of you.

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Thought I would write out just a few random thoughts, opinions, nonsense to finish up this post.

--God is causing our passion and love for Honduras and the people here to grows stronger everyday.
--Driving in Honduras is like a video game. Terrifying at first, but after awhile pretty fun. Passing on blind curves going up the mountain, making 6 lanes of traffic on a 2 lane road, red lights are an option, seeing which of the 5000 taxis is going to suddenly stop in front of you or cross the "6" lanes of traffic to beep at someone waiting by the road, driving through the black smoke of a old US school bus, now painted like the Partridge family bus, as it struggles to carry close to 1000 people and stopping to pick up more, the beauty of 5 cars lined up side by side for a left hand turn onto a one lane road and somehow making it work, dodging missing manhole covers, dogs, open grates, cats, dogs, potholes, cows, people, dogs, chickens, rocks, tree limbs, dogs, trash, quadruple parked cars, street vendors, did I mention dogs?
--How about those Carolina Hurricanes? Figures I worked at the RBC 2 years ago when they stunk and now this.
--How about the church softball teams at New Heights and Fairview? Both of them won the regular season and tournament, with New Heights going undefeated. How come I had to move to Honduras for that to happen??? I might get a complex if this keeps up.
--Dana does not like trantualas!!!! Especially when we find 3 within 24 hours including one in the laundry.
--There is nothing like taking a shower out of a 5 gallon bucket, try it sometime.
--Screens on windows and doors do a great job of keeping out flies. Too bad we can't get ours fixed yet.
--AJ hasn't found a snake yet (give him time) but he has found the above mentioned trantualas and last night him and his friends found a huge toad. It was literally the size of a chihauhau. He has also found him a new pet lizard, some other unique bugs, but alas no snake...or chihauhau.
--We can relate to the frustration that people who come to the states and can not speak English have. We will be glad when we can speak Spanish a little more fluently.
--We have a new restuarant in Tegus: Bojangles!?!
--There are close to 1 million donut shops in Tegus give or take a few. Its a battle between Dunkin Donuts and a Dunkin Donut Honduran version called DK'D donuts. Something about a store named decayed that makes me want to pass on by. No Krispy Kremes.
--Finally, if something is going to get done manana, that doesn't necessarily mean tomorrow, it just means not today.

------Alan