Inevitably, if you happen to have some particularly exciting weeks, you're unable to take out time to blog. However, if you skip a few weeks of blogging because they were particularly exciting... when you do go to update your blog you are stuck with quite the dilemma. Do I bombard my readers with a really long update of exciting events? Or, should I draw out the updating process by sifting through everything and prioritizing what I think would be most interesting?
I'll standby to hear your input on this. In the meantime, I'll base this blog update solely on my instincts.
Since 10/17 (the time of my last update) I've spent a good chunk of time getting into the 'groove' of things here at Loma de Luz, and, as it turns out, I'm really enjoying the groove.
All with school is going great. I'm still trying to iron out the kinks in my preschool class but, things are coming together and it's working itself out. I also have started teaching an English class with one of the missionaries here. I LOVE it! We have about 10 Honduran students who are all very enthusiastic about the class.
Last weekend I took a mini-vacation to the Honduran island Roatan. I had the most fun I've had definitely in the last 3 months, if not in the last 3 years. We spent all weekend at the beach doing one thing or the other. Sometimes snorkeling, sometimes kayaking, going out to eat. We also were blessed to get 1/2 off of a 4hr. trip on a catamaran! We stayed in a beautiful, huge, perfect beach house paid for by a very generous doctor who has come to volunteer here for a few weeks. The group included all the inhabitants of staff housing as well as a missionary family and another doctor. We had a blast!
By the time we came back it was Tuesday evening. On Wednesday, I had one student in the morning from 8-12 and my English class from 1-3.
Finally, THANKSGIVING! On Thursday morning I went to the beach with a friend and proceeded to get stung by the mother of all jellyfish. After that I sat on my bed for an hour with ice packs on BOTH legs (yes, both) and took a little nap before getting ready for the feast. Woke up from the nap, made myself look a little less like I just got stung by a jellyfish and took a nap, and headed down to the Cabildo (building where we do all our community fellowship gatherings). The place was DOUSED in oranges and leaves and turkeys and all things Thanksgiving. I got the percolator going for the coffee and we feasted! The meal was GREAT. That night we played Capture the Flag in the rain... and settled into to our contented Christmas-is-coming dispositions.
The other day I helped my friends, the Mckenneys, spruce up their Christmas decorations. That was very effective at getting my spirit in the mood. Hannah Mckenney had her 12th birthday party Friday night which was tons of fun and the weekend carried on that way until today, Monday. A beautiful day here in Honduras, now I have to go recover my room from all this vacationing.
All my love.
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