Here it is, the middle of September. This school year will soon be over. I think we are all ready to see the end in sight. But always, there with the relief that it will soon be over, is the sadness that comes with the realization that you won't see some students again. It is especially sad that my students won't receive English next year. The 7th and 8th graders are just really getting comfortable with using the little things that they have learned. So it's really a downer for me. But God is in control over all, and He has the plan for their lives, not us. We just have to do our part when he puts them in our lives.
Last month, Becky and I enjoyed cherry pie and ice cream. Heavenly!! We still have 2 cans of the pie filling left, so 2 more before we leave in December. Yee-Ha!!
The last two months have been a little trying with all the rain. The road to Macuelizo is a disaster. We have had to get off the van and walk a little ways in order for the bus to get unstuck or to get over the humps that were formed by traffic going through the mud. It's a mountain made of rock, but the crevices have been filled in with rock and dirt that's like clay. But all the rains have washed it away. Last year we didn't receive this much rain and I wondered if Honduras really had a rainy season. Oh, yes, it does. So many people here get scared when it rains very hard. It's because of all the damage that the rain caused during Hurricane Mitch in '96. One of the fellows that owns the pulperia, where I wait for the van to go to school, told me that he was afraid when it rains hard, and he asked me if I was afraid. I told him no, because I'm not, and he looked incredulous. He wanted to know why, and I said it was because of God. A couple of days later, he asked if Jesus had been a man. I said yes, and he didn't say more. So the Lord is busy. And it's interesting that the pastor preached on God's promise that He would not destroy the earth with a flood ever again and about the covenant rainbow with Noah. A very timely message.
The cancha at school has been finished, and now the guys are working on the other building. (Before they are finished working this time, they will also replace the guttering on the kinder building). The kids enjoy being able to play soccer on the new cancha. What a blessing all this is from the Lord. I'm so glad He supplies his people, and when they give when He says give, so much can be accomplished. I don't want this school to always be the poorest of our schools here in Honduras. So much the Lord has to do here. I want it to be the light that He has called it to be.
On the 15th of this month, we celebrated the Independence Day of Honduras. Our kids looked great. Our drummers played the whole distance. Why the judges were at the end of the parade route, I will probably never know. Our drummers were in the 5th and 6th grades. They played the whole distance which was probably a mile and a half, give or take a few feet. But it was uphill over half the way. On the last stretch, our little ones in kinder had to quit. They just couldn't go any farther. The little girls were twirling batons. So cute. And the little guys had drums. So needless to say, the judges didn't see them. The judges did thank the extranjeras(me and Becky)for coming to Honduras and helping them. It was so hot, and all the kids wore uniforms of one kind or another. They were actually sweating, too. Not just this gringa. So now, no school till next Tuesday. And today is Teacher's Day. I received a message from my phone provider saying Happy Teacher's Day.
I received a very nice gift from Silvia, my Spanish teacher. A new Spanish Bible. I have a parallel in Spanish and English. And I always cover the English side when I read for her. Not good enough! So this one is a 2000 translation of the 1960 that I already have. So praise God. It's so funny, because she'll ask me if I understand after I read. I have to tell her the truth. Of course I understand what I just read, because I know what it says in English. She just sighs. God bless her!
And last Tuesday during my lesson, I found out that Valle has a POST OFFICE!!!! Silvia said. I couldn't believe my ears. Are you kidding me? For two years I've been saying that we don't have one. Well, today, during my lesson, we are walking there. So in 2012 when I come back here, si Dios quiere, (if God wills)I will have a mailbox here. Do wonders never cease.
Thanks once again for all your prayers and support. God truly does hear and answer our prayers. God bless all of you.
Friday, September 17, 2010
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