Oh happy day. I now have my identity back. I went to Tegucigalpa on Thursday, stayed with Becky over night, and Friday morning we were at the U.S. Embassy just before eight. Of course we didn't get out of there till almost nine. Then we headed to immigration for my visa. The lady said it would cost me L1900. That's $100. We had already checked and we were told it wouldn't cost anything. Praise God, I didn't have to pay. Because it was a new passport, which I did have to pay $100 to get, there were no stamps in it noting when I had come into and left the country. So they had to go looking for the information in their computers. After a good hour or more, they found the copy of my re-entering the 23rd of May. So, she stamped my passport, and away we went. Even though it was time consuming, all went well, and everyone was nice and helpful. After we left the embassy, I started thinking about why they put gel on your hands when you enter the embassy. Most people don't go in there with dirty hands. It made me think about the "spray' or whatever that we were told about when my purse was taken. I was thinking, what do they know that we don't know? Interesting. Maybe you can answer that one, Gary.
One of the teachers asked me if I liked (still) Honduras. Of course the answer was yes. I told her we have ladrones, thieves, in the states too. She was totally shocked. People think the U.S. is like heaven. What a badly mistaken idea. I told her people are the same all over the world. You have honest people and dishonest people. It doesn't matter where they live. It's a matter of the heart.
School is going well. I now have a "certified" teacher coming to the house two days a week for two hours each to help me with Spanish. I was asking questions that Eva didn't feel she could answer adequately. So the brain really gets a workout. I can tell she's definitely a teacher, and she teaches 4th graders in a school not too far from ours.
The Honduran team from El Progreso put the roof on one of the other buildings at school, and put electricity in our rooms. I now have one light bulb and one electric outlet. Woohoo! Thank you Lord. No, we don't have the transformer. If my information is correct, they ran a line from the kindergarten building. There is so much that needs to be done there, but when you run out of money, you have to wait until more comes in. How I appreciate those that give to missions. Without that, there wouldn't be a school here where I teach. In fact, Jessica, the young lady that comes to my house for English lessons, has such artistic abilities. If I had the money, I would send her to art school. So if somebody out there would like to sponsor her to go to art school, let me know. It is so expensive and at this time, she doesn't have a job. However, I had her draw a vine, Bible,and branches on one of my walls, so we could have a place to put our favorite scriptures written in English, of course. The kids have really enjoyed looking up their favorite scripture in Spanish and then translating it into English. So I have hearts, flowers, and papers with scriptures and art drawn on them taped to the wall. It's cool.
I want to thank all of you that remember us here in prayer. It's so important to us. God does keep us. We just had a new president installed this morning with Congress removing the other one. What all that means for the future, I'm not sure, but God knows and is still in control. It's "he that putteth down one, and setteth up another". Ps.75:7 So even when things don't look good, they are.
Blessings to you all.
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