I am headed to Guatemala right now!! It is 4:00 a.m. and I am extremely tired and not excited to be on a bus all day, but cannot wait to enjoy the celebration and festivities that will be taking place in Guatemala to celebrate Semana Santa (Holy Week). I will be back April 5th and can't wait to fill you all in on the adventure!! (Lakes, volcanoes, food, parades.....going to be awesome!) Talk to you all soon!
and......HAPPY EASTER!!
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Stop. Breathe. Go.
I just realized that I have not updated my blog in almost a month - for that I am sorry. Again, that in no way applies that life in Honduras has been less than exciting because that is far from the truth. This week our high school students are taking their final exams for the partial and I have finally gotten all caught up on grading, so I decided to take a night off and fill you all in on life (especially since this is the calm before the storm and tomorrow I will once again find myself sinking under the weight of grading as I will be tackling 83 exams that are 16 pages each......that is a LOT of pages!)
Some of the highlights of the past few weeks would definitely be:
1.) Finishing reading Romeo and Juliet with my students and then watching them perform their version of the classic love story (Honduran students + Shakespeare's language = the most entertaining week of my teaching career!)
2.) Attending the Moscow Circus in Honduras with about 20 of the boys and leaders from the Micah Project. Giraffe, tightropes, tigers, human-like bear, and amazing motorcyclists....what more could you ask for?? 5 minutes into it, my little buddy Nelson fell asleep on my lap and missed the majority of the show - so good to spend time with all the boys though!
3.) Micah Project Street Soccer - continuing to build relationships with the guys from the street has been such a blessing! It is still extremely hard and each week I walk away questioning how God could allow little boys to live like that (or any human for that matter), but He is teaching me a lot through it and I constantly find myself counting the days until Friday when I get to go see them all again!
4.) Watching our girls soccer team win the local Tegucigalpa tournament and bring the 1st place trophy to our school. It is my dream to see girls earn their place as true athletes in the eyes of Hondurans.
5.) MARCH MADNESS!!!! I love competition and I love sports. Put them together and you get basketball in all of it's glory :)
6.) My local church's 9 year anniversary (which at first I thought was extremely lame because who celebrates 9 years? Why not hold out for 10?), but it was amazing to be a part of it because during the service they placed a giant cake up front in the church and had every person who came to Christ through the church over the last 9 years walk up and put a candle in the cake......the fire coming off of that cake at the end was outstanding and such a great encouragement to see visual proof of the work God is doing in this country.
Now I am just trying to survive exam week and then a week of classes before we get a break for Semana Santa (Holy Week), which I will be spending in Guatemala, traveling around with a great group of friends! I can't wait!
I want to again thank you for your continued prayers and support - it is definitely needed and very much appreciated!
Some of the highlights of the past few weeks would definitely be:
1.) Finishing reading Romeo and Juliet with my students and then watching them perform their version of the classic love story (Honduran students + Shakespeare's language = the most entertaining week of my teaching career!)
2.) Attending the Moscow Circus in Honduras with about 20 of the boys and leaders from the Micah Project. Giraffe, tightropes, tigers, human-like bear, and amazing motorcyclists....what more could you ask for?? 5 minutes into it, my little buddy Nelson fell asleep on my lap and missed the majority of the show - so good to spend time with all the boys though!
3.) Micah Project Street Soccer - continuing to build relationships with the guys from the street has been such a blessing! It is still extremely hard and each week I walk away questioning how God could allow little boys to live like that (or any human for that matter), but He is teaching me a lot through it and I constantly find myself counting the days until Friday when I get to go see them all again!
4.) Watching our girls soccer team win the local Tegucigalpa tournament and bring the 1st place trophy to our school. It is my dream to see girls earn their place as true athletes in the eyes of Hondurans.
5.) MARCH MADNESS!!!! I love competition and I love sports. Put them together and you get basketball in all of it's glory :)
6.) My local church's 9 year anniversary (which at first I thought was extremely lame because who celebrates 9 years? Why not hold out for 10?), but it was amazing to be a part of it because during the service they placed a giant cake up front in the church and had every person who came to Christ through the church over the last 9 years walk up and put a candle in the cake......the fire coming off of that cake at the end was outstanding and such a great encouragement to see visual proof of the work God is doing in this country.
Now I am just trying to survive exam week and then a week of classes before we get a break for Semana Santa (Holy Week), which I will be spending in Guatemala, traveling around with a great group of friends! I can't wait!
I want to again thank you for your continued prayers and support - it is definitely needed and very much appreciated!
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