The Adventure Continues...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMA FARST!! WE LOVE AND MISS YOU!!

I really hope Greg makes it back today. He has been in the USA since Thursday to play in the Major League Lacrosse Championship. (http://www.lariptide.com/news/?id=2421) He left Houston this morning and should arrive in Tegucigalpa (the capitol of Honduras) today at noon. He is supposed to be catching the military bus back to the base here in Comayagua, however, I got a call this morning that the bus will not be making its daily run. People are striking in cities all over Honduras today due to the rise in the price of water. When they strike here, they shut down roads and no cars can travel through. Roads were blocked beginning at 6:00am this morning! Our friend that arranged for Greg to ride on the military bus is sending a Honduran friend to attempt to get him in Teguc. Please pray that he gets back to Comayagua safely! Fortunately, we have already talked to someone in Tegucigalpa that has offered to let him stay with their family tonight if he is not able to get out of the city. I will keep you posted!

So, TV is crazy here. Sometime they get ESPN, sometimes they don´t. Yesterday was one of those days that they didn´t! Since Greg´s team won on Saturday, they advanced to the championship game where they played against the Philadelphia Barrage live on ESPN 2. We went to Pizza Hut in attempt to watch the game on their large flatscreen in the waiting area, but unfortunately channel 23 (ESPN 2) was blank. Channel 22 worked, as did 24, but not 23. Out of desperation I called another friend with cable and internet and he invited us over to try to get the game there. Same thing...no channel 23! He swore he had it just a few days prior! So we went to the net as they were showing the game live on ESPN360.com. We tried to download the flash player the ENTIRE game and for some reason, the computer would not allow it! We were able to find a site that just gave the box scores every couple of minutes, so that is what we watched! I was going crazy the whole time because I so desperately wanted to watch the game! At least we got score updates every few minutes! Sadly, Los Angeles lost 16 - 13.

The weekend was good here in Comayagua. On Saturday night, I went up on top of a mountain with my friend and her boyfriend. He works for a phone company and had to repair the towers (on top of a mountain) so he took us up. It was crazy! It was about a 30 minute drive to the top, very rugged terrain with lots of curves and turns. Once we got up there though, it was a beautiful view! We were a little nervous on the way down though because after dark, there are banditos in the mountains that try to rob people and cars. For this, we had to drive pretty fast on the windy and rough roads. I definitely had an upset stomach once we got to the bottom, but that was a small price to pay for a safe return home! You can see the mountains with the towers on them from Comayagua, so now when I look up at them, it is hard to believe that I was actually up there - it look so high!

Last night as I was finishing up my lesson plans in Jenny´s room, the power went out. I heard lots of screams and screeches and as calm as I could, I retreated to the living room of the house to be in the company of other people. One of the family members was in the shower when we lost power - poor thing! The moon was very bright so we all went outside to look at the sky. There was beautiful heat lighting up in the clouds. We decided to be crazy and go out and drive toward it. We jumped in the truck and headed off! We felt like storm chasers or something. It was fun - definitely made the evening more eventful! Finally after the power had been off for about 3 hours, it came back on. Literally as I flipped the switch in the bedroom to go to bed (so the light wouldn´t come back on if power was restored) the fan started blowing. It was a miracle!

Week 2 in Comayagua down! Praise the Lord for our safety and comfort here! One week until school starts...