I feel a little bad saying this but I am so ready for this to be over! I am ready to be home and back to a normal life. I was just talking to Lori at lunch and I said I cant wait for this to be done...and I dont just mean today...she said I know...and then I say and I dont just mean this week...and she says I know...then I said I mean this whole year! I am ready to go home! And she says me too...
At this point it just feels like everything is dragging out...we are so close to the end yet so far away. Its not like things are bad...infact things are pretty good. I think we are all pretty used to teahing and what we have to do now and everything runs smooth for the most part. We are just ready to go home!
I miss family and friends so much and can not wait to just be able to talk and hang out with you all again!
June 22nd...June 22nd...it will be here soon right?
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Semana Santa
Written Sunday March 23, 2008
This past week was Semana Santa (Holy Week) so we had the whole week off. It was really nice to have some time off from school and get to do some travelling. I originally started the trip off pretty bad by getting really sick Saturday night and throwing up most of the night. I was able to get a few hours of sleep though and then we left at 5:30 in the morning for Copan. We got to Copan around 1 and checked into our Hotel and went to a restaurant for lunch. After lunch we headed off to see the Copan Ruins. It was really a cool place. We had a tour guide but he only spoke Spanish so Pastor Trundle would translate for us. I’ll post a few pictures of Copan at the bottom.
The next day we left Copan for La Ceiba. This is where Pastor and Jessie´s family live and they were very nice and let us stay at their place. The weather for going out to the island that we planed on was not ideal so instead we went to a beach in Trujillo. We took a little speedboat ride out on the water. It was a nice beach…I stayed in the shade as much as I could though cause I did not want to get burned. After the beach they took us to an old fort museum. That was pretty cool to see.
The next day we walked all around La Ceiba and shopped around. La Ceiba is a nice city and its much greener than Comayagua and the beach is really close.
We were going to try to stop at the beach in Tela on the way home but it was raining so we had to skip it. It was a long drive back. Lots of traffic and car accidents due to everyone travelling for Semana Santa. Jessie got a flat tired that we had to stop and fix in the rain. But with the help of Pastor, Greg and Lance we got the spare on without too much trouble.
Good Friday is a big deal here in Comayagua. They put sawdust carpets down in crazy intricate designs (see pictures bellow). Then they have a processional that walks through the city and walks over all the carpets.
Over all it was a really good break…but it did make me homesick. Not having to teach and then kimmie having her mom and aunt here, and stacy having her boyfriend here, Marks mom coming to visit, Katrina having a friend here...pluss just seeing a bunch of Americans around for the Holy Week. Its been nice but we are getting closer to the end…and yes I am counting down the weeks…and its 13 in case you were wondering.
Its back to school tomorrow! Please keep us in your prayers as we finish out this school year!
Much Love!
Mindy
This past week was Semana Santa (Holy Week) so we had the whole week off. It was really nice to have some time off from school and get to do some travelling. I originally started the trip off pretty bad by getting really sick Saturday night and throwing up most of the night. I was able to get a few hours of sleep though and then we left at 5:30 in the morning for Copan. We got to Copan around 1 and checked into our Hotel and went to a restaurant for lunch. After lunch we headed off to see the Copan Ruins. It was really a cool place. We had a tour guide but he only spoke Spanish so Pastor Trundle would translate for us. I’ll post a few pictures of Copan at the bottom.
The next day we left Copan for La Ceiba. This is where Pastor and Jessie´s family live and they were very nice and let us stay at their place. The weather for going out to the island that we planed on was not ideal so instead we went to a beach in Trujillo. We took a little speedboat ride out on the water. It was a nice beach…I stayed in the shade as much as I could though cause I did not want to get burned. After the beach they took us to an old fort museum. That was pretty cool to see.
The next day we walked all around La Ceiba and shopped around. La Ceiba is a nice city and its much greener than Comayagua and the beach is really close.
We were going to try to stop at the beach in Tela on the way home but it was raining so we had to skip it. It was a long drive back. Lots of traffic and car accidents due to everyone travelling for Semana Santa. Jessie got a flat tired that we had to stop and fix in the rain. But with the help of Pastor, Greg and Lance we got the spare on without too much trouble.
Good Friday is a big deal here in Comayagua. They put sawdust carpets down in crazy intricate designs (see pictures bellow). Then they have a processional that walks through the city and walks over all the carpets.
Over all it was a really good break…but it did make me homesick. Not having to teach and then kimmie having her mom and aunt here, and stacy having her boyfriend here, Marks mom coming to visit, Katrina having a friend here...pluss just seeing a bunch of Americans around for the Holy Week. Its been nice but we are getting closer to the end…and yes I am counting down the weeks…and its 13 in case you were wondering.
Its back to school tomorrow! Please keep us in your prayers as we finish out this school year!
Much Love!
Mindy
Parasite and Fishing
Written March 11, 2008
Last week seems like a blur. I came down with a parasite…I was feeling sick since Monday or Tuesday but I finally told Loida on Wednesday morning cause I was feeling so bad I could not even function without breaking down in tears. She took me to the doctor and the doctor said I had parasites…I don’t really know how they could tell but I was put on some meds and was feeling much better within a day. I basically spent all Wednesday in Karens Air-conditioned room watching movies. The doctor told me to stay home for two days but Loida called that evening and said if I was feeling much better that I should come to school cause Pastor Trundle needed me there…mostly what she meant was there are a lot of teachers sick so please come back cause we don’t have anyone to take your classes. Anyway I was feeling much better so I went to school the next day and we made it through the week…Friday we did not have to teach classes we just had to sit in the gym all day and give parents grades. It was so hot in the gym! It felt like an oven!
Nothing too eventful happened over the weekend. It was pretty relaxing. Miss Norma Vega had Lori, Karen and I over for Sabbath lunch. She has had us over twice and both times the food has been amazing! Its really nice of her to have us over cause she does not speak any English and we hardly speak any Spanish.
Its now Tuesday afternoon…this week is actually flying by pretty quickly. We don’t teach class again on Friday because its fathers day so they are having some special fathers day thing…not really sure what all this entails yet. Okay…and who knew that fathers day was on different dates in each country! The other day at dinner some of the SMs started talking about the fathers day stuff and I was like isn’t fathers day in June…and they were like yeah in the US. I was like it should be the same in every country. I was like we celebrate the same Christmas and Easter! Those should be different too then! They told me that was different and I pretty much got yelled at again for being a closed minded American. I just think it would make more sense to have all holidays on the same day in every country! What can you do though!
Oh we counted the weeks we have left here in Honduras and I have 15 more weeks till I get to come home! And there is only like 12 more weeks of actual teaching! Its kind of crazy to think about…
We have all next week off form school and we are going to go to Copan and La Ceiba! I am really excited to get to do some travelling and see some more of Honduras! We will be back for Good Friday and all the Easter celebrations here in Comayagua. I guess it’s a pretty big deal here!
The pictures are from last Sunday when we went on a fishing trip and picnic with some people form the school. It was a lot of fun to get out and do something for a change.
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