Home Sweet Home!

We are officially on North American soil! We have been here for about 12 hours now, and every second so far has been AMAZING! We arrived in San Antonio this morning at about 9:00am. We left from San Pedro Sula, Honduras last night at 1am (after waiting for 8 hours at the airport! Trust me, I am not complaining!) We visited with a couple of mission groups arriving to work for the week, and just hung out and reflected over our past year in Honduras. We landed in Miami this morning around 4:45am where we went through customs and re-entered the country for the first time since December (well, for me anyway!) We are still in a little bit of a daze, since we didn't get much sleep last night, but nonetheless, it is glorious to be back!

After we landed in Texas, we hit of Taco Cabana for some highly anticipated breakfast tacos. When we got back to the house, we slept for about 2 hours (from 11:30-1:3o), then Greg's mom and brother, Tommy, picked us up for lunch. We went to our favorite burger place, Chester's (which we have been dreaming about for months) then went to Marble Slab Creamery for dessert. Delish! Next we went to the movies and watched the new Indian Jones flick (it was good) then followed it up with a trip to Target and Starbuck's Coffee. All of our travel around town was in a big Texas truck....doesn't get more American than that! I figured we could pace ourselves a little better in the future, but today was fabulous! Packing in so many awesome things! And let me just say, the USA rocks! I mean, the access we have to anything and everything at out hearts desire! The safety and security that we have here is something I have so often taken for granted, but now realize how privileged we are to have that! I was able to carry a purse today for the first time in 2008! (A big no-no in Honduras....an obvious target for muggers.) Oh, and I actually got behind the wheel of a car today too! I'll admit, I was quite cautious at first, but it felt so good to drive again....and to actually have order on the highways and roads! I'll admit, I haven't showered in good, clean North American water yet, but there is a 99% chance when I finish this blog I am going to go soak in a hot tub! That being said, I think I will go ahead and wrap up. And if you haven't figured this out already:
Oh, by the way, tomorrow the hunt is on to purchase our Nintendo Wii (we saved up for it all yeah!) After a lot of store hopping and calling around today, we had no such luck. We have planned a 2-station stake out tomorrow (at 2 different Game Stop locations) as they are hoping to receive a shipment of 1-3 Wii's at each of the locations sometime between the hours of 11:00am and 12:00pm(however, not cofirmed). We thought we had one located today about 55 miles outside of the city, and by the time we decided to make the road trip (about 20 minutes after hearing of the availablilty) it was already sold! Wish us luck.....and please let us know if you have any insider information!