About two weeks ago, we took the ninth graders to Tegucigalpa for their graduation trip. We left from the school around seven in the morning. There were eight students, three high school teachers, and me and Becky. These trips are a lot of fun for both the students and the teachers. We wanted to go somewhere where they had not gone before. We went to the Agua la Tigra plant which is a water processing plant where most of my bottled water comes from. They watched the water going through the chlorination, sand, salt, carbon, etc. process. They saw the bottles being washed, filled, and sealed. There were also the little plastic bags that were filled and sealed all by machines. They told the number of five gallon bottles that they process everyday. It was in the thousands not counting the little bottles and plastic bags. Very interesting. I asked how much the workers, daily laborers, made a day. It was 300 Lempiras which is less than fifteen dollars depending on the current exchange.
We also went to the museum at the post office. What an interesting place considering that most people here where I live never receive mail. The towns do have street names but they're not posted nor do most people know their names. When they give you directions, it's given using landmarks. And if you don't know the landmarks, you're basically lost.
We visited the Christian radio station that was started by a young Baptist minister a few decades ago. Our guide asked the kids if they wanted to talk on the radio with her. They were all embarrassed. But finally one of the girls did it. You can be sure that she will never forget that experience. I was so proud of her!
We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express in Tegus where breakfast is included with the room. It also has a swimming pool that the kids and teachers enjoyed immensely. And naturally nobody uses keys anymore. We had to use the card for access to the room, swimming area, and the elevators. You can see that I don't like all this techie stuff. A person doesn't have control of anything anymore. It's all in the computers somewhere. Heaven forbid when they all go down. What will people do? Lose their minds, I expect.
So we went to Chucky Cheese, the mall's food court, and Denny's for our meals other than breakfast. The kids really enjoyed playing all the games at Chucky Cheese. They were so funny to watch.
Our last visit was to the airport. Very few of our kids have been there. And did they get to see the planes coming in or going out? Of course not. The windows had been frosted over! What a bummer!
So sad. I would really like the kids to be able to go inside one of the planes, but you have to ask and get permission several months in advance, which of course, we didn't have. Maybe one day.
So now, it's just teaching my students that come to my house until February or March depending on the school's calendars. So I have a lot of time to study Spanish on the computer.
Yesterday I washed windows and curtains. I almost felt like a housewife again! So today Frankie is coming to do my yard work. His uncle used to come with him but he has a job working on the highway cleaning out the ditches, etc. That's a good thing. It's definitely more pay.
So now it's time to get busy and may you have the grace and peace of Jesus Christ.
We also went to the museum at the post office. What an interesting place considering that most people here where I live never receive mail. The towns do have street names but they're not posted nor do most people know their names. When they give you directions, it's given using landmarks. And if you don't know the landmarks, you're basically lost.
We visited the Christian radio station that was started by a young Baptist minister a few decades ago. Our guide asked the kids if they wanted to talk on the radio with her. They were all embarrassed. But finally one of the girls did it. You can be sure that she will never forget that experience. I was so proud of her!
We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express in Tegus where breakfast is included with the room. It also has a swimming pool that the kids and teachers enjoyed immensely. And naturally nobody uses keys anymore. We had to use the card for access to the room, swimming area, and the elevators. You can see that I don't like all this techie stuff. A person doesn't have control of anything anymore. It's all in the computers somewhere. Heaven forbid when they all go down. What will people do? Lose their minds, I expect.
So we went to Chucky Cheese, the mall's food court, and Denny's for our meals other than breakfast. The kids really enjoyed playing all the games at Chucky Cheese. They were so funny to watch.
Our last visit was to the airport. Very few of our kids have been there. And did they get to see the planes coming in or going out? Of course not. The windows had been frosted over! What a bummer!
So sad. I would really like the kids to be able to go inside one of the planes, but you have to ask and get permission several months in advance, which of course, we didn't have. Maybe one day.
So now, it's just teaching my students that come to my house until February or March depending on the school's calendars. So I have a lot of time to study Spanish on the computer.
Yesterday I washed windows and curtains. I almost felt like a housewife again! So today Frankie is coming to do my yard work. His uncle used to come with him but he has a job working on the highway cleaning out the ditches, etc. That's a good thing. It's definitely more pay.
So now it's time to get busy and may you have the grace and peace of Jesus Christ.
