Home Again...

On Thursday morning, we loaded up the bus with the team of 12 from Michigan, plus 9 of us (6 adults, 3 kids) from the team here.  The goal was simple:  get the team from Michigan to the airport and through security, then get ourselves to Villa Nuria for a few days to relax, debrief, pray, play and prepare to move forward. Mission accomplished on all fronts!

After we got settled into our rooms, Sandi and I went to the grocery store to pick up a few things we needed.  In addition to having two bedrooms, the rooms at Villa Nuria include a little kitchenette, so we were cooking there in order to not spend money eating out.    We went to La Antorcha supermarket and let me tell you, that place is a haven for sensory overload.  I mean, not only did they have 3 or 4 different brands of canned garbanzo beans (think: hummus), but they had three different sizes of cans, including #10 (the food service size).  We didn't buy any garbanzo beans, but that's not the point.  We could have.

Back at Villa Nuria, I was going to take a little nap, but got involved in the last half of a movie on TV.  Then, I set up a small network for Trify, Erica and me to share the single internet connection.  There's no wireless there yet.  I also brought an extra switch and some cables so that we could set up a network in Sandi, Currie and Hermes' room.  Yes, we all brought our laptops.  There's always work to do: emails to catch up, calendars to coordinate, etc.

On Friday, we all spent time at the pool at some point in the day.  Then, after a late lunch/early dinner, the 6 adults prayed together and talked about some things for the coming weeks.

Saturday morning included a leisurely breakfast, included in the room price, a little more time at the pool for those who were interested, and then packing up the bus again for the trip back to Comayagua.


As we were leaving San Pedro Sula, we saw the effects of recent rains.  The rainy season has started early and flooding is already happening in several areas.

What you can't really see in this photo is that people are swimming back over to the houses to try to retrieve anything they can.  A block away, we saw a bunch of men sitting around like nothing was happening.  After all, this is just life in Honduras and flooding happens.  I guess after a while, the people are unfazed by it.  Maybe 'unfazed' is not the right word.  Perhaps 'resigned' would be more accurate.


When we got to Lago de Yojoa, we stopped for a meal.  Most of us decided on fish since we were at the lake.  Here's a pic of last night's dinner, partially consumed before I thought to take a picture.