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Background: Once part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became an independent nation in 1821. After two and a half decades of mostly military rule, a freely elected civilian government came to power in 1982. During the 1980s, Honduras proved a haven for anti-Sandinista contras fighting the Marxist Nicaraguan Government and an ally to Salvadoran Government forces fighting leftist guerrillas. The country was devastated by Hurricane Mitch in 1998, which killed about 5,600 people and caused approximately $2 billion in damage.

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By Al and Lise
September 20th 2007

Central American touring

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Caye Caulker
taken on our balcony - still very windy

Sitting down today, we realised that we hadn’t updated our blog for a long time, and that we have been stamped in and out of six countries since our last update, so apologies in advance if this one is a long one! Our last entry was from Caye Caulker off Belize, just after the hurricane took a diversion away and saved us from having to rearrange our plans. We had a great time relaxing on Caye Caulker, Alex went out snorkelling for the day and was lucky enough that a couple of manatees decided to come and check him out - [View Full Entry]

By Noellie231
September 1st 2007

We´re here!

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Hostel bathroom
There was amazing artwork all throughout the house, this was our (communal) bathroom wall.

Mike and I got in at about 11:30 last night, despite our plane being about 30 min late. Thankfully, someone from the hostel met us at the airpot and gave us a ride here, and even stopped at an ATM on the way. He admitted he was very relieved to see us...he was expecting a gay couple! I had emailed him and he thought I was a guy, and had said I was coming with my boyfriend, lol. But it was a nice place, but the AC didn´t work and neither did the shower heater. It was kind of nice after [View Full Entry]

By Kaylea
July 30th 2007

Day 5

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Movin' dirt
The guys were fun to watch during the dirt moving process. Guys can turn everything into a contest. They did the same with this.

This morning we got back to work on the concrete. Today we poured the floor to the same office we poured the ceiling on a couple days ago. It was nice to have a day "off" but it has made it much harder to get back to work today. We finished that in pretty good time (about 2 hours.) After that we began to fill in and level some areas with a supply of fill dirt that was brought to us today. We had a lot of women from the church helping us today. It was neat because earlier in the [View Full Entry]

By Kaylea
July 29th 2007

Day 4

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Today we attended worship with the brethren in Puerto Cortez. At the end of services Javier asked them to sing "We love you with the love of the Lord" to us in spanish. Then, we sang it to them in English. After worship we changed clothes and packed our bags. We ate strips of beef with avocado salad on tortillas. It was good. Then we went back to the apartment and played farkle (a dice game), the game of choice for this week. In the afternoon we went to a hotel. It would be kind of dumpy in the states, but [View Full Entry]

By Kaylea
July 28th 2007

Day 3

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Cement the Honduran way
Yeah! We finally had a mixer, but loading buckets of cement up to the roof of any bulding is no walk in the park.

Today we woke up at 7 am and the guys were all gone working. We quickly got up and went to work too. Our job today was to put a concrete roof on the office of the church building. At first we had to mix the concrete by hand. At 10 or 10:30 we got a mixer. Then things moved a lot faster. We worked through the hottest part of the day. We all got burned and very tired. This morning we got to drive a car. Stephanie went first. It was a truck with a clutch. She kept killing it [View Full Entry]

By Kaylea
July 27th 2007

Day 2

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We began the day today with song and prayer and scripture. Today the work began. We started to level out the floors of the church building. It was hard, back-breaking work. I tried fried plantains for breakfast - they were surprisingly delicious. In the afternoon we went for a “quick” ride with Javier. 4 hours later and 5 or 6 “one more stops” (unexpected) we returned home. While we were driving Cameron asked if we were on a one way street (as we drove down the left side of the road) and Javier said “Yeah”. Cameron asked “How do you know?” [View Full Entry]

By Kaylea
July 26th 2007

Arrival

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San Pedro Sula Brats!
Bina and my dad being rotten without Manuela to make them behave at the San Pedro Sula Airport.

Today we flew 4 ½ hours to Miami, and then had a 3 hour layover in the Miami airport. During that time we enjoyed $8 pizzas that tasted like sand. We then flew another hour and a half to San Pedro Sula. One thing to say about that---HOT!!! The humidity is out of control. Our apartment is very…rustic. There was one light to start with and it is hot. The toilet has no seat but it does flush. There is no curtain on the shower and only one knob, but we have running water (cold water only). The lock works on [View Full Entry]

By Kaylea
July 25th 2007

I'm so ready

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Yesterday all three of us who had not yet received our passports went and got them. It was a relief to say the least. I felt like it was God's final affirmation of the fact that He has called me out into His work. I can hardly wait to leave. Today I will spend the day quietly with my kids and Greg. It will be very hard to be away from them for so long. I know that what I am doing has kingdom relavance though, so I am willing to do it. I woke up at 3:15 this morning, unable [View Full Entry]

By Kaylea
July 20th 2007

Getting ready

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RECOVERED

Untitled Today I finished most of the packing that I need to do (with the exception of last minute things.) It's a relief to have that completed. I am still missing one important item however -- my passport. I have an appointment on Tuesday to get one made if it doesn't arrive before then. When I sent my application months ago I never thought I might still be waiting this long for it to get here. I do know that if it's God's will for me to go on this trip however, (and I believe it is) then I will [View Full Entry]

By swillett
June 26th 2007

Day 1 - Update for the Fam

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I will try to update as often as possible so that none of you worry that I've been dropped at the side of the road with nothing but a machete to defend myself... lol. I am currently at an internet cafe in San Pedro, Honduras. Turns out the nice bus I want to take to Copan doesn't leave for a couple hours yet. I thought I would kill some time, so asked for directions to an internet cafe. There was one very close to the station, so I am in luck. I'm heading to Copan... a very touristy place with great [View Full Entry]

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