A lot has happened here in the last week. Since I was robbed at knifepoint in December, both my landlord and my pastor said that I needed to move. My landlord's wife had suggested that I could move in their other new house two doors down. When I had asked what would be the difference, they said that I would have neighbors on three sides whereas now there is only one. And I mentioned the walls around the new house and how nobody could see or hear much. However these walls are not as high. So I told my pastor that I would move on Monday, the twenty-first, starting at 10:00 AM. Well, Monday morning was a rainy morning. Misting quite heavily at times. So I thought ok, they won't come due to the weather. I'll move some little things myself. Oh my, I went to leave the new house around ten, and there comes Moises(Moses). In fact he startled me because I didn't think anyone was there. Moises works at the school so I have known him for ten years. In fact, his wife was one of my students. And then pastor came, and close behind him, came Frankie! I was so totally surprised. Frankie cuts my grass, takes care of the flowers, and helps me with whatever little thing that I need done. These three have been put in my life by the Lord. Didn't He say that He would provide ALL our needs even when we don't know what is going to happen and when? I praise and give him thanks everyday for all that he does everyday in my life. I asked pastor if Luis was bringing his pickup, and he said no. So the misting rain stopped, but it was overcast and the road very muddy. However, these three guys moved everything in exactly two hours!!!! Hondurans are not generally big people. Frankie maybe 5"10 and is very thin, but extremely strong. Moises is probably near the same height as Frankie and a little heavier. Pastor is the shortest of the three. So they're carrying the refrigerator, stove, beds, etc. And even my potted plants! In two hours! Pastor said that nothing is impossible with God. I had to laugh. As if I didn't know that!!! And then Javier, young man from church, arrived to put up my curtain rods. That was great since the walls are cement. Looks like plaster, but is really cement.
Of course my cable had to be changed. And since I don't have a working phone anymore, the company goes through Pastor. Well, wouldn't you know that they could hook up my TV cable, but not the internet which I need here. The next day, another fellow from the cable company came and told us that they don't have internet services here and farther up from where I live. Oh great! Well, low and behold, he took the cable that is here and connected it to the cable that was put in my other house from the post that is below on the other street. So now I have TV and the internet, but he said I needed an amplifier to extend the range of the service because sometimes the TV loses it's signal for stations in the US. Ok, I can deal with that. Then there was a leak under the sink from the pipe that goes through the wall. I showed this to my landlord and he sent another fellow that I know to fix it.
So what next? Well, I turned on the ceiling light in my living room two nights ago and nothing happened. Ok, I need a new light bulb. Nope. I put in the new one and nothing happened. Frankie tried and got the same result. He said that the light fixture was bad. So I'll ask Javier to replace it. He's a jack of all trades!! And the Lord said that we would have troubles in this world, and he wasn't just talking about spiritual ones. However, these problems do effect our spirits one way or another. We can either face them giving God thanks or give in to despair, worry, etc. I choose to believe that since he is with me all the time, he has the correct solution to all. I just have to have patience and wait for it. So Javier came but couldn't find the problem. So I'll have to talk to my landlord.
And one more thing. There's a great phone company here that installs real telephones in your house. I had it at the house where I lived for seven years. Pastor and I went yesterday to see about having one installed here. Pastor always goes with me to help me with the Spanish and to read the contracts for me. So I get a real phone in my house whenever. The phone that was connected with my cable never worked correctly, and when there was no electricity, there was no phone. Ugh! And forget the cellphones. I'm tired of losing them to thieves. I didn't carry a phone with me in the states, and I'm not carrying one here, unless the Lord tells me differently. And thus far, he hasn't.
I started this a couple of weeks ago and never got it finished due to the loss of cable signals. So, I still don't have a phone. Pastor told me yesterday that he went to the telephone office and the lady told him that they didn't have a technician to install it, but should have it taken care of this week. I hope so.
If a person needs to learn patience, he needs to come to Honduras! And that's no joke.
When I need a friend to do things with and to just visit with, I always ask the Lord to send one. He has never let me down. Two weeks ago, a widow lady moved into my old house. Lo and behold, we have connected. Her husband was a pastor so we always talk about the Lord, etc. And yesterday she said that she had prayed the same thing! God is so good. So I'm going to help her learn English and she's going to help me with the everyday sayings here that I absolutely do not understand. And it's amazing to me that many here do not understand each other!!! Elida, my adult student, was explaining to me that she doesn't understand the men that are building two more rooms onto her house. I'm like,"What"? No, she doesn't understand their Spanish. And I'm supposed to understand what is being said to me? Most of the time I do, but sometimes, I'm totally in the dark. The Spanish here is so lacking. But then the educational system is not so old either according to what I have been told. So it's interesting that at times I'm giving new words in Spanish to my students. Whether or not they will continue to use them is another matter.
So now I need to get busy. I need to remove the paint spots from my floors. The construction workers here are not good at removing such things. Thank the Lord that I can do such things.
Grace and peace.
Of course my cable had to be changed. And since I don't have a working phone anymore, the company goes through Pastor. Well, wouldn't you know that they could hook up my TV cable, but not the internet which I need here. The next day, another fellow from the cable company came and told us that they don't have internet services here and farther up from where I live. Oh great! Well, low and behold, he took the cable that is here and connected it to the cable that was put in my other house from the post that is below on the other street. So now I have TV and the internet, but he said I needed an amplifier to extend the range of the service because sometimes the TV loses it's signal for stations in the US. Ok, I can deal with that. Then there was a leak under the sink from the pipe that goes through the wall. I showed this to my landlord and he sent another fellow that I know to fix it.
So what next? Well, I turned on the ceiling light in my living room two nights ago and nothing happened. Ok, I need a new light bulb. Nope. I put in the new one and nothing happened. Frankie tried and got the same result. He said that the light fixture was bad. So I'll ask Javier to replace it. He's a jack of all trades!! And the Lord said that we would have troubles in this world, and he wasn't just talking about spiritual ones. However, these problems do effect our spirits one way or another. We can either face them giving God thanks or give in to despair, worry, etc. I choose to believe that since he is with me all the time, he has the correct solution to all. I just have to have patience and wait for it. So Javier came but couldn't find the problem. So I'll have to talk to my landlord.
And one more thing. There's a great phone company here that installs real telephones in your house. I had it at the house where I lived for seven years. Pastor and I went yesterday to see about having one installed here. Pastor always goes with me to help me with the Spanish and to read the contracts for me. So I get a real phone in my house whenever. The phone that was connected with my cable never worked correctly, and when there was no electricity, there was no phone. Ugh! And forget the cellphones. I'm tired of losing them to thieves. I didn't carry a phone with me in the states, and I'm not carrying one here, unless the Lord tells me differently. And thus far, he hasn't.
I started this a couple of weeks ago and never got it finished due to the loss of cable signals. So, I still don't have a phone. Pastor told me yesterday that he went to the telephone office and the lady told him that they didn't have a technician to install it, but should have it taken care of this week. I hope so.
If a person needs to learn patience, he needs to come to Honduras! And that's no joke.
When I need a friend to do things with and to just visit with, I always ask the Lord to send one. He has never let me down. Two weeks ago, a widow lady moved into my old house. Lo and behold, we have connected. Her husband was a pastor so we always talk about the Lord, etc. And yesterday she said that she had prayed the same thing! God is so good. So I'm going to help her learn English and she's going to help me with the everyday sayings here that I absolutely do not understand. And it's amazing to me that many here do not understand each other!!! Elida, my adult student, was explaining to me that she doesn't understand the men that are building two more rooms onto her house. I'm like,"What"? No, she doesn't understand their Spanish. And I'm supposed to understand what is being said to me? Most of the time I do, but sometimes, I'm totally in the dark. The Spanish here is so lacking. But then the educational system is not so old either according to what I have been told. So it's interesting that at times I'm giving new words in Spanish to my students. Whether or not they will continue to use them is another matter.
So now I need to get busy. I need to remove the paint spots from my floors. The construction workers here are not good at removing such things. Thank the Lord that I can do such things.
Grace and peace.
