November Trip

We just got back from our November trip to Honduras. We were so busy.
Let me give you an example of our trips..

Day 1. Leave the house at 3 am.. catch 6 am flight to Miami.. Layover for 11 am flight to Tegucigalpa. Arrive at 1 pm (ther time and hour behind us) Rent car and drive to Chuloteca. Arrive at 5 in Chuloteca and go directly to graduation till 9 pm..

Day 2. Wake up at 7 am. Eat and head to see the kids. Visit for an hour then its off to the market. Purchase corn, and some disks for the corn grinding machine. Return to the house. Drop off some and pick up others. Drop computer off at store to be repaired. Take kids to lunch and play.. Return to house and drop off kids.. Go back to computer store, do to camera store and print digital photos, go to store and purchase bunk-beds for the family. Return to hotel change cloths and return to the house pick up family and go to another graduation.. Graduation lasts till about 9 pm.

Day 3 Wake up at 6 am. Check out and pick up Denia and her mother. Return to capital. Arrive around 9 am and eat breakfast and go to hospital. Around noon grab a bite to eat and return to hospital. Remain at hospital till 9 pm. Then return to hotel.

Day 4 Wake up and return to hospital.. Wait till around noon. Finally see the doctor and get the papers we need. Return to hotel get Denia and her mother's things. Drop them off at bus stop and go to visit our old church. Visit for 30 minutes then we had to leave to make a dinner appointment. Our dinner appointment was an our late.. Eat and go to bed..

Day 5 Get up and check out. Return to church for a morning teaching at 8 am. At 10:00 there is a break and we head for the airport. Our flight leaves at 1 pm


This was our last trip.. We hardly had anytime to just look around and take things in. It was nice to be back, but I think pray next time we will not be scheduled so tight..

gavin

Smoke..

Wow! The smoke has really been thick lately. I have been through fires before, but the older I get the less I like them. I don;t know what it is that causes this fear of the fires..

In Honduras the seasons are divided by the conditions.. Before summer (rainy season) there was the fire season. I remember seeing the thick smoke, the red moon, and the mountain sides glowing in the dark. I would always think that the fire was slowly creeping towards my while I slept. Although nothing ever happened and fire season just became another part of the year.

I never thought I would see a fire season here in the US. I hope the rains come soon...

Please pray for Florida and our fire fighters that are working to put these fires out..

friends gone by..

During our February trip, I was very sad to hear that several of 'our' guys had been killed. I mean the guys that were at the Teen Challenge program when we were there. Each had thier individual personality and each had a very different story. We were very fortunate to have had the chance to share their lives with them and they were like our children.
Our friends with ROC ministry recently lost a girl that they had in their program. I was reminded of the loss I felt at learning that several of our guys had been killed.
I wonder if this feeling, will ever fade? I guess this is what it is like to be a parent..
Our hearts go out to our friends, I understand their loss and although I wish I never have to go through it again but know I will.
I am thankful of the time I spent with each of them an will carry their memory with me always.

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