So it is the end of a very long, but good, day! It is 10:41 at home, and 8:41 here, and all of us are exhausted from getting up at 4:30 or earlier. So, I will give you a brief synopsis on the day.
The Atlanta airport was interesting. We hadn’t been at the gate 15 minutes when a security guard approached a youth in our group because his backpack was zip-tied to a chair and the only way to disconnect it was with scissors, which of course, none of us had with us.
The flight was uneventful, and all but one of the bags made it. Luckily the missing bag was not someone’s personal items, and just donated items, so we will be fine without it until it is delivered. However, if you noticed, I titled this blog Drop and Stop. That would be the nickname of the Tegucigalpa airport. And I learned why. We weren’t that far off the ground and the wings weren’t level, we hit the ground hard and the pilot slammed on his brakes. It was well…..interesting to say the least. I think I could have done without hearing the plane tires squeal.
As you see from the pictures, we have A LOT of luggage. However, the youth were very helpful in getting the luggage off the carousel while the rest of the group worked their way through customs. All in all, it took us 45 minutes to get us all through customs, get all of the luggage, and get it outside where our ride was waiting for us. Not to mention, Anna falling off her suitcase, which kept us laughing for quite sometime….
So, the ride to Erika’s from the airport. Now, I don’t want to be offensive and say the driving is crazy, so I will go with living dangerously with no seatbelts!
Lunch was excellent. The guest house is gorgeous, plenty of space for us and the other group that is staying here.
We went and played with the kids this afternoon. As you will see from the pictures and the video, these kids have a lot of energy, and they don’t care who is it, as long as someone is chasing them. They ran to greet the vans when we pulled in, and you see John holding up one child who loves him. Auburn made a very quick friend, but one that wouldn’t tell us her name. I am sure we can get it out of her teachers.
As I sit here, and listen to the kids in the living room singing ‘Sanctuary’ it is time for me to sign off for the night. Tomorrow is a busy day with the first half of field day in the afternoon (the second half is Friday morning). Tomorrow will be field games and crafts.
I hope all is well. It is hot here and humid like it is in the summer in Atlanta.
Signing off from Honduras!
Top two pictures 1 - little girl going over the top to get away from "ít" 2- Alyssa and I standing in the new church that is in the process of being built.
Bottom 4 - 1 - top left- At the airport in Tegucigalpa. Seriously, looks like we moved there.
2 - John being greeted by a little boy who remembered him from last year.
3 - Phillip - on the way to San Buena Ventura.
4 - Auburn and her new found friend who really didn´t want Auburn to leave SBV yesterday!
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