Wow! What a two weeks this has been! So much has happened, as always, but God is always faithful to help and to encourage in trying times. It´s so frustrating to be told to do something and not know what or how. It's amazing how people think that knowledge comes by osmosis! Well, all that is past, and now there are new things to overcome. But isn't that like our God? In order to be an overcomer, we have to have things to overcome! I'm trying to rejoice in that bit of knowledge right now!!!
So, last week I went to the Copan ruins with two of the teachers from CEAD, the school that is connected to the church that Becky attends in Tegucigalpa. They had not been to see any of HN other than here in Valle. And since that school is on the N. American system, they will be leaving in a few days. So we were on the bus for eight hours there and eight hours back. But it was a bus like Greyhound, bathroom and all. They even gave us snacks. We had a nice hotel and we could split the cost. Food was excellent there in the hotel. We ate at another place that was not so great. Our guide at the ruins spoke good English, and we learned a lot of good things including their numbering system. He is also a Christian, and we had a good conversation. I really like to go to old places. The ruins here, ghost towns in the West in the U.S. etc. I don't like to visit old cathedrals, however, because all I can think about is the Spanish Inquisition. I know that's crazy, but that's the way it is. Even Dachau in Germany didn't effect me like those cathedrals! UGH!
The school didn't have water last Thursday or Friday, so the kids were sent home after a couple of hours on Friday. I'm not exactly sure how the water system works here. I know that some of the people get their water from the mountain. If the source dries up, then they have no water. The city can also turn off the water for those of us that have it whenever they feel it's necessary. I'm not for sure what necessary involves. Here at my house, there is a well where I can turn on the pump whenever I need it. I praise the Lord for that. Thank the Lord the rainy season has begun!!! It has been so dry, and the dust on the way to the school has been horrible. I finally figured out that I miss snow days, because sometimes I wish it would rain so much that we could stay home from school one day! Yeah, I know. Shame on me. I don't miss the snow, just the snow days!! And the last couple of times that it rained hard in Tegucigalpa, there was flooding. Know why? All the trash that they throw in the streets clogged the sewers so the water could not go through them. Do you think that has changed? Nope. It's so sad and frustrating when something so small could be fixed so easily, and it isn't. I'm so thankful that the attitude at the school has changed concerning trash. It's great to see the kids using the trash cans and putting their wrappers from candy in their pockets or backpacks when they are on the bus. And speaking of trash, it was interesting to hear the pastor's wife speak this morning about the trash in the earth and compare it with the trash that is sometimes in our hearts.
Well, the Lord is still on the throne and all is well.
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