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Hello everyone, as always, we hope this finds you well! We are all overall healthy (with the exception of the sinus infections that we are trying to fight off), and are definitely happy.
Andy went to the mountains yesterday to pick up another 300 pounds of coffee. He also had the opportunity last week to take part in a
Heifer Project ceremony. He had the privilege of giving a new cow to a family. He had NO idea what was coming as he went into it… and I think it was kind of fun for him.
Mak is doing really well. She is growing like a wildflower… as to be expected of a 3 year old. She loves the days that she gets to have
school with Amanda. She also really enjoys her time with the younger girls that are here (Ana Julia – A neighbor down the street, and
Mallory and Olivia – both kids of other missionaries here).
I continue to enjoy school. I have only one class out of six that is a bit of a challenge. For this, I am thankful!
We are headed to Tegucigalpa tomorrow to continue our residency process. We have an appointment at the Embassy at 9 am on Thursday for pictures, fingerprints, and of course to pay more money! :) Part of the process. Please pray for it to go well, and our travels to be safe.
Our big news is that we are scheduled to go to language school. WOO HOO! We will have to be in Copan, Honduras on the 22nd for our school to start on the 23rd. We will be there for a week without Makenzie because Cindy has graciously offered to take her for the week so we can focus on learning. We will then meet up with them the following weekend, make the Mak handoff… and head to a second school in Trujillo, Honduras.
You may be wondering why we decided on two different schools. This is our first experience at language school – and we plan to have several more if time and money permits – so we wanted to see two different ones to see which we like better for future returns. Also, we chose
Copan first because Mak won’t be with us – and there are not as many things for kids to do there. Trujillo is at the beach – and we know
that she will enjoy that much more.
I guess that’s it for now. We thank you all for your continued prayers and support.
Prayer requests:
-A family that we care a great deal about suffered a loss yesterday – and we would ask you to pray specifically for Julia (hoo-lee-uh), Ana
Julia, and their family.
-For our trip to Tegucigalpa - travels, meetings, etc.
-For our language school experience – for us to learn what God would
want us to learn while we are there
-For Mak (and us) as we are away from each other during our Copan
language school.
March 20, 2009
Hello everyone, as always, we hope this finds you happy, healthy and blessed in every way.
I know this update is a little early – but we are about to leave for language school, and we are not sure how our internet situation will be while we are there.
We have had quite a busy couple of weeks. Last week we took a “little” trip to Tegucigalpa (the capital of Honduras) to move our residency process a little closer to being finished. It was QUITE an adventure. On our way, we made a pit stop in Comayagua at Pizza Hut (we don’t have pizza hut close to us – so it was a nice meal to enjoy!). Most restaurants here have a play area for kids, and Pizza Hut happens to have a rather large one for Mak to enjoy! She was playing, and a little girl that looked to be about her age started to come over to play. I thought to myself that this was a really good thing, looked away, and then Mak was whailing. The little girl had walked up… and bit Mak. QUITE a large teeth mark on her arm. She didn’t break the skin, but came close in one area. Oh well, at least Mak got to have some play time.
Our appointment at the immigration office went over without a hitch. We have gotten to the final step of residency now, and we are really excited about that. We should have our “carnet” within the next 60 days. Once we have that, we are official residents. And, an exciting thing is that we were able to do 5 years instead of just 1. Praise God!
Our trip home was ALSO eventful when we were almost to Comayagua (maybe we shouldn’t go to Comayagua anymore!). We came to a complete stop. We didn’t really know what was going on. So, we sat… and sat…. and then finally decided to take a potty break at a close by convenience store that was within walking distance. After about 1 ½ hours we decided that we needed to make some decisions because it was starting to get dark, and driving at nighttime here is not the safest thing to do. We got a hotel, and went back to the same Pizza Hut. We were then told that there was a wreck about 3-4 miles ahead, and that the road had been closed since about 4 am (it was then about 8 pm). SHEW, we were glad we got the room when we did! The next morning the paper told us that there was a horse, and a few trucks involved, along with a spill of gasoline or something similar. The road opened around 9am on Saturday… and we got on the road about 11:15. It took us 2 ½ hours to get to Siguatapeque when it should have normally taken about 45 minutes. Yuck.
We did finally make it home about 24 hours later than we originally planned. Thank God for our blessing of making it safely.
We will be leaving out this weekend for language school. One week in Copan (without Makenzie)… and one week in Trujillo (with Makenzie). Please pray for us while we are apart… and for our learning…. and everything that has to go on while we are gone to make it a successful trip (busses, meetings, classes, studying, etc).
We appreciate you all… for your prayers and support. “And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.” Colossians 1:10-12
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