Blogs from Central, Honduras, Central America Caribbean - page 14

Wow! OK ... time has FLOWN by. It's hard to believe I've already been back in the states for 7 WEEKS! Part of me feels like Honduras was in a completely different life ... but another part feels as if I could wake up tomorrow and be back in the mountains of Copan or La Joya and feel just as at home as ever! The life changes God brings about are really incredible. SO! Here's a bit of a recap and catch-up for my final weeks in Honduras ... During my stay in La Joya we had 2 mission teams from the States come down. One was medical and construction, the other was construction and whatever else needed to be done to keep us all busy. I did a bit of help with the medical team, ... read more

Ok... so I haven't written a blog entry for more than a week now. For those of you who read them diligently, I am truly sorry. For those of you who find these blog updates to be a just another spam e-mail, your welcome. That being said, lets begin with today's entry. This last weekend I decided to go visit Karina for Dia de La Biblia. It is a day when Christians have church services in the park, carry their Bibles in public and (you guessed it) march like it was going out of style. Seriously, these people really love to march. Every time something is celebrated a marching band walks by complete with color guards and baton twirlers. Its like the ultimate punchline to a joke or the grand solution to the most difficult of ... read more

So here in Honduras Independence day lasts from September 13th to September 15th. This year it fell on a weekend, so by the time Friday came around everybody started to feel the buzz. I celebrated by going to visit Karina in El Paraiso. No surprise there. On Friday night we all relaxed and talked about the parades and all the different schools in town. Here in Honduras each school marches. They all have big marching bands, accompanied by baton twirlers and children carrying fruit and coffee. People line the streets, everyone holding their umbrellas in one hand and their cameras in the other. Karina's family was interested in how we celebrate Independence day in America. They kept asking about our baton twirlers and marching bands. Sadly I had to tell them that we use firetrucks and ... read more

This last weekend Honduras played Canada. I told all my students that Canada would win and they freaked out. Apparently Canada has never beaten Honduras. Last time the score was 4 to 0. This time Honduras beat Canada 2 to 1, so needless to say my Monday was filled with a lot of, "Meester... Canada? Que paso?" All in all it was a good Monday. I enjoy Mondays because my schedule is very easy. I have first period off and then I have a free period before lunch. I used my free time Yesterday to watch the band practice. This week they are practicing in the street. Every time the bass drums walk by Miss Velesca's Land Rover they set off the alarm. I think the students enjoy it, because Miss Velesca is the disciplinarian. I ... read more

On this third of September in the year of 2008 I present to you an extensive photo album of our school, El Alba. Allow me to provide a brief history... El Alba bilingual school is, as you may have guessed, a bilingual school started by "El Alba bilingual educational services" In 1995. We are located in the the central area of Honduras. One hour from the capital and only three hours from most of the tourist areas like Copan, San Pedro, Tela and a few others I can't pronounce. You can check out the web site here (www.elalba-bilingualschool.com) but its really horrible, so don't bother. El Alba is a very small school. We only have about 250 students and we cater from kindergarten to eleventh grade. Upon completing the elevinth grade a student has fulfilled his ... read more