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Erst Englisch, dann Deutsch. Well, we didn’t make it to the Caribbean Island of Utila after all! Our stay in Honduras so far has been very…eventful to say the least! After a long travel day we finally arrived in Tegucigulpa, the capital of Honduras where we witnessed a nasty fight as we arrived at our hotel. A ‘crazy’ local man obviously didn’t like the look of our group and got pretty aggressive. Before we knew it, a beefy Venezualan guest stepped in, it escalated pretty quickly and they had a full on fight which got pretty ugly. The police were called and he was taken away. Needless to say, we were glad it was only an overnight stop over! The enxt morning, had another very early start and tiring travel day ahead of us. Two hours ... read more
Strassenverkaeufer/Street vendor
geniale Idee? / Genious idea?
Finally/Endlich in Copan


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Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Western » Copán Ruinas September 27th 2008

Several entries back I promised pictures of the house and this evening there is finally time to sit down and relax. What's even better is that there are no storms, the electricity is functioning properly, the computer turned on, and the internet connection is good. This never happens! The family I live with had 8 children. Their father bought a big house so each child could have their room. That is a commodity here, almost everyone shares a room because the houses are generally half the size of a house in the U.S. Now everyone is grown and long gone, but the family still has the house. It is situated on one of the four corners of the center of town, from the storefront you can see central park. It is very green and beautiful in ... read more
View of Central Park and the Catholic Church
Central Park at Night
Inside the Store

Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Western » Copán Ruinas September 20th 2008

If you think the 4th of July is big, you should visit Honduras the 15th of September. Or the 14. or the 13. In Honduras, celebrations start the 13th and go until the 15. Children get almost a week off school. Santa Rita is a town of 7,000 or so, and they had three parades with no less than 5 schools. I had no idea it was this big. The 12th, all the teachers worked from 12 in the afternoon until after 8, setting up the stage for the events of the following day. I kept thinking to myself, why do we have to do all this, it is just the kids singing and dancing, it's not that important. I was wrong!! The next morning on the 13th our school was part of the parade along ... read more
We worked past dark
Girls in traditional dresses
A boy from my church

Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Western » Copán Ruinas September 15th 2008

September 10 was Children's Day at school and it was exactly that, a day all about the children. Of course there were no classes. First the kids donned their clown hats and posed for a picture. Then they played for a few hours. We had a few organized games with prizes, like musical chairs, land and sea (they had to jump over the rope to be on the land or in the sea, if they jumped on the wrong side, they were 'out'), and a dancing contest. Teachers painted designs on faces and some children even got the Honduran flag painted on their face. They also had two piñatas and additional bags of candy. For lunch we were thrilled to have pizza and soda, and for desert, a cake made in the bakery of the house ... read more
Posing Clowns
Musical Chairs
Land and Sea


This Wednesday is Día de los Niños, or, Children's Day here in Honduras, and today we celebrated the day by uniting two congregations for a service. The Baptist church I attend here has a very small baby church started in Limón, a community about 15 minutes to the east of Santa Rita. There are three adults and about 20 children in the church in Limón. So our church from Santa Rita, (about 10 adults and 10 kids) all drove over to Limón and we sang songs, did a small drama, played games, had a píñata, and followed it with a small service and potluck. The children are very eager to be in church, and it is our prayer that their desire would spread to their parents. Adults are very hard to win to the gospel here. ... read more
Doing a mini-drama with sister Doris
Three Legged Race
Step over the Bottle game


We are well into week 2 of school and things are in full swing around here! I have been learning a lot these past few weeks. But amidst all the work it is important to have fun too, and that is what I did last Sunday. The pastor's wife in my church recently started working at the Mayan Ruins. They are about 10 minutes away by car from my house. We were talking one day and the family asked me if I had visited the ruins yet. I said no, because Americans are charged 15 dollars each and I am a cheapskate! So my dear pastor's wife, sister Vilma, did some talking and I was able to enter with her family for free!! What a deal! I have been very blessed to have met this family, ... read more
Mayan god (under the roof)
Alligator or Crocodile
Living quarters


School has finally begun!! This Wednesday we had our first day of school. It was a mix of Fun Day and Orientation, with two piñatas and mock classes. The teachers went from class to class, as they would in a regular day, but instead of teaching, we talked about what we did on vacation, reviewed from last year, and played games. The children love coming to school; they are very excited to be here. They even enjoy lining up when the bell rings. Grades 1-3 know what they are doing, but Kindergarten and Pre-K children need a lot of assistence. Every morning after everyone is lined up, the leader says, ¨Good morning boys and girls¨and they say, ¨Good morning Miss...¨ ¨How are you this morning?¨asks the teacher. ¨Fine, thank you, and you?¨It is very cute to ... read more
Children Lining Up
Waiting
Piñata Time!!


We left Antigua very early 4am for our quick hop over the Guatemalan border into Copan, Honduras. We both wanted to visit the Copan Ruins and the easiest way with the route we were taking was from Guatemala. So we boarded our little mini bus and spent the next 6 hours on a bone crunching ride through the ever changing landscape. From high hills to sweeping valleys and the many villages along the way. We had booked this trip through a travel agent and so we were dropped right off in Copan town at our hotel. There was a little confusion as to details of the trip as the guys english and our spanish were not quite making sense. In the end we worked out that we would have an hour to rest and then we ... read more
The cobbled streets of Copan
Flying rainbows
The map of the maya cities


Yesterday Antigua + at the top of Pacaya Volcano then to Copan (Honduras). Today Copan Ruins : Maya temples, etc.. Tommorow : Roatan Island Caribbean Island, beach, snorkle, REST REST REST REST!!! Back in the capital of Guatemala the 27th of august then a few days in Washington on the way back and back in brussels the 1st of september KISSES Frederic y Nadja... read more
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