THANKS Scott for letting us know about the news story. We are all cracking up....well Thad, Alfonso, Jared and myself who were sitting in our house chatting when we pulled up the blog comments and then the article....WOW!! The perception from many Hondurans is they do not consider it a coup. I would guess that most Hondurans we know at least, would applaud Senator DeMint from South Carolina and the comments he made describing what's going on. I'd say the majority of the people we've spoken with would agree with DeMint, not all though.
Jared plans on telling everyone in the morning about the news story to help wake them up as they head out, they are going to get a huge kick out it! They plan on getting up at 4:00. Dan, Rod and myself went to town today and bought some fresh pineapples, watermelon, bananas and picked some mangos from a shop owners tree (that Rod and Dan have gotten to be friends with), and some small boxes of Kelloggs cereal for them to eat for b'fast. They will be eating at 4:30am and heading out. The escorts arrived today they have 4 Toyota Pradas and a Hyundai SUV. The guys were so nice! There is a curfew in place in Honduras so by the time the escorts arrived, the group could not make it to San Pedro before curfew - although it was a little frustrating at first with another change in the expected...everyone was happy to stay another day and were just disappointed they didn't know that or they would have done more work (seriously amazing people here!!)
The group had a wonderful time at the school today. they finished their Bible classes and the sponsor project. The pictures the kid's painted for their sponsors in the states are so wonderful. Each year I just look at them and smile at the effort put into them. The kids truly are so appreciative of the sponsors and making it possible for them to go to school and it shows in their paintings!!
After school the Teachers fixed the group some typical Honduran foods (Honduran Tacos and honduran Enchiladas...I'll let your kids tell you about them...they are very different from what you might evision.) I was sitting next to Dakota at the party and leaned over and said "well what do you think?" and he looked at me and said something to the effect of "everything I've eaten here has been amazing!" I so agree!!
To top it off they had two large cakes made in red, white and blue to honor our 4th of July....YUMMMMMMY!!!!! We all - the teachers and group - spoke and shared our experiences and thanks. Then were our goodbyes......
BUT....then later in the afternoon one friend the group had been around some in the week, showed up with some fresh Pinol (sp?) to drink (it's made with ground corn and milk but tastes like a mixture between hot chocolate and coffee.. Jared deemed it "better than Starbucks!" She also brough some freshly made mango jelly (took her two days to make) on fresh rolls for all the adults as a good bye and thank you treat!! Oh my goodness....and me...I got a WHOLE jar of the jelly....so after I serve b'fast to the group and then go back to bed....I know what I'll be having for b'fast!! HOORAY!!
After that we all headed to the beach and ate at one of my favorite restaurants!! Many enjoyed garlic shrimp, whole fish (I think they have pictures to show of their food looking at them), etc It was so yummy and we all enjoyed the wait for the food walking along the beach and such!!
(hmm....and I wonder why I gain a couple pounds every time I'm in Honduras!! )
We'll continue to keep you posted as the group progresses tomorrow as we can. We've had connection difficulties today (just getting a signal because of clouds...no political reasons). But we all have Honduran cell phones (Jared included) so he will be calling along the way to let us know their progress, etc!! And we will do our best to let you know as we can!
All the kids, and adults are seeing it as a grand adventure...and like Patty commented at one point...the kids are looking forward to when their teacher asks "What did you do over summer vacation?" Seriously this group has had the BEST attitude all along the way!!
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