Greetings. =)
It has been a while since I've given an update, though I've meant to for a while now (probably since a week after my last update...).
Life has been fun and busy here in Honduras. I've continued to work on school stuff with the kids and help around the house. Cassandra, Sarah, and Jonathan are never without energy and fun, which is great, and sometimes a bit tiring. A few weeks ago their Grandma sent them a package with a set of Badmitten raquets and such. Cassandra and I have been out a few times to practice our skills, many times ending up with the birdie stuck on the roof ("We're smitten, while playing badmitten... Where's my kitten?..." okay, inside joke haha). Also, they've been able to introduce me to some great films like "Spy Kids" and "Barbie Fairytopia." Jonathan decided the other day that he wanted to play "attack Bethany" which was fun, and the girls are, little by little, finding how violent I get when I am tickled.
I've begun typing up charts from the clinic onto the computer. This may sound monotonous but I find it quite fun, actually. It gives me a quiet job when the kids are doing homework, and I get a kick out of some of the names that people have down here (about 1/3 of the male population's first name is Jose).
Last week, when we were at the clinic, Amy casually mentioned something to Anabel about how I wanted to learn some of the songs that we sing in church. Anabel proceeded to bring out some words to songs and teach me, then asked me if I would like to sing with the worship team the next night. I (a bit hesitantly) agreed and the next night, I was at the church about an hour and a half before the service to practice. Thankfully, I know (sortof) how to pronounce Spanish words, and the songs were pretty easy to pick up on. It was a really fun experience, and nice to sing with a worship team so little focused on performance.
Added to the list of things I get to experience here in Honduras was tropical storm Matthew, which hit us this past Friday night. Thankfully, the storm didn't hit us too hard here in San Pedro, and I'm fairly certain that this storm did not reach hurricane levels when we were experiencing it. Although, you can keep us in your prayers, as it is hurricane season here in the tropics.
Later, after the storm had hit (on Saturday), we went to the city to get some things and pick up mail. In the mail that day happened to be a package from a certain boyfriend of mine that quite excited me. =) After that, we went to the coast to pick up Araceli (the maid who works for the Hills) who was there taking care of her sick mother. On the way back I fell asleep in the car on accident (the storm had kept me up in the night so I was a little sleepy). That night we relaxed and watched movies (my favorite of which was Camp Rock 2.. haha).
Then Sunday morning we decided to go to an English-speaking church service in the city. It was quite nice and relaxing to sing songs that I know and to hear preaching in English whilst drinking American-style coffee! After church we ate Chinese while we had the laundry and the laundromat place. Of course, once we had spent the money on washing clothes, the power came back on not long after we got back home! Such a blessing is electricity!
Today, we're packing for Roatan (a small resort island off the coast). We'll be there til next week and I'm really really really excited to have this opportunity. We're taking many of the Hills' staff too, so it'll be quite the party! I'm hoping to go snorkeling and swimming with the dolphins. We'll see how much money I want to spend once I get there.
Speaking of such, I have a bit more packing and helping out to do before the day is out! We'll be leaving quite early tomorrow... Oh boy. ;-)
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