Videos

Here's a short video of West End on Roatan. This little beach front bar called "Sundowners" is basically right in front of our hotel called Posada Arco Iris. It's a great place to watch the sun set into the ocean. From here we could also take a water taxi to West Bay which had even nicer beaches and fancy resorts.

Photos

Here are some random photos from our 2009 visit to Honduras.

At Sundowner's bar in West End Roatan:



At West Bay Roatan:



A friendly parrot named Cleo...who wanted some breakfast:



A sign in Talanga which basically says "Don't throw your trash here...or you will be fined 500 Lempira. Notice the massive amount of trash strewn about!





A shy little boy selling mangos in Talanga:





Ellen with a typical breakfast plate at Proyecto Manuelito (Beans, Eggs, Plantains)

Monday

3:30pm. Had a great 5 hours at the IHSS Hospital in Teguc. Visited patients/families (pre op and post op), met with some surgeons, nurses, etc. It was very interesting ... although our boys were bored. Some cool stories to tell any who are interested. Very eye opening.

Tonight out to dinner and tomorrow fly out of airport at 8:30am and land on Roatan around 12:30pm.

Sunday

Had another long...but good day. Left Talanga about 9am and drove to Catacamas to the El Sembrador school to see Juan, David, and Antonio. It is always a fund adventure to travel in Honduras. Nate and I rode in the back of Jeremy's pickup truck with our luggage. It was 2+ hrs there. We had lunch and visited then drove back another 3+ hrs to Teguc.

We are now staying at the WGM Guest House....which is a fantastic refuge in Tegucigalpa. A wonderful service provided by WGM! It is safe and very comfy.

Tomorrow we are to be at the Hospital at 8am to visit with the surgeons that I met in the Dominican Republic. Surgeries start at 9:30....we hope to meet with some of the families and patients. I will also meet with the Rotary Club president to see if our two clubs might work together on some projects. We'll see. Afternoon may do some shopping and then take Jeremy out for a nice dinner somewhere.

Thanks for reading this.... and keep praying for our safety...it's important.

Gracias!

Saturday

Hello again! Saturday afternoon and it is VERY hot and windy in Talanga today. The kids are having a huge water fight to take the heat away! They get water from the Pila in ant pot or pan they can find and throw it everywhere. The are having fun. There are probably 25 kids running around!

We are all fine. A few minor issues but for the most part we are all healthy and happy. Slight change of plans....tomorrow we will go to Escuela El Sembrador early in the morning to see some kids who used to be here in Talanga (Juan, David, y Antonio). That´s about a 2+ hr ride in a pickup. We´ll have lunch there and then head to Teguc where we will spend the night. We will also serve dinner to the kids there at the Transition House. SHould be fun.

Monday we will be at the hospital visiting pediatric cardiac patients and their families. Looking forward to that too.

Tuesday we should be on Roatan by noon time. We fly out of Teguc to San Pedro Sula to La Ceiba to Roatan....all on little planes. Oh well.....better than a day on the bus and another ferry ride I guess.

Today the cook is not on duty so we are preparing all meals. Tonight is a favorite from last year....Grilled Cheese.

That´s all for now.....take care and keep us in your prayers.

Talanga

Sorry for the delay....we are safe and sounf in Talanga!

We had a very long day on Wed. We drove to Chicago Tue night, stayed at a hotel and were up at 230am to get to the airport. We made our flight just fine and also our connection in Houston. Jorge Pinto was waiting for us in Tegucigalpa. We had lunch then to Pricesmart to get some groceries for the Project.

We rode out to Talanag (about 2 hrs) in Jorge´s small pickup. 5 people in the cab and Nate and me in the back with the suitcases and groceries. Yeeha.

Things in Talanga are just as we left them for the most part. A few more kids which is good. Weather has been hot and sunny. We are working as we did last year.....laundry, maintenance, etc.

That´s all for now. We hope you are all well. Will write more later.

On our way

We technically begin our journey today. We drive to Chicago this afternoon/evening. We have to be at O'Hare at 3:30am Wednesday to catch our 5:30am flight to Houston and then on to Tegucigalpa. We arrive in Teguc around 11am Wednesday.

We will stop by Pricesmart in Teguc (like a Sam's Club) and buy food supplies and then head straight to Talanga. I believe we will be riding out there in a pickup truck. We will buy makings for Grilled Cheese sandwiches because the Manuelito kids really liked those last year.....they called them sandwich Americano, I think. We will also buy other food supplies for Manuelito...maybe some treats for the kids.

We will be in Talanga Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat nights and return to Teguc Sunday after church. Apparently we will be working on some aquaponics projects, etc.

We are all very excited to get to Talanga and see the kids again. There are 4 new kids there now and 2 kids from last year have moved on. Ellen and I are hoping that our stress levels go down once we arrive in Talanga. Work has been very hectic and we are looking forward to a little down time.

We are not sure exactly where we are sleeping the first night in Talanga because (apparently) most of the beds are full with a large American work team. No big deal....we can sleep wherever.

After Talanga we will be in Teguc and then Roatan.

We will try to update this Blog as we can.

Thanks for keeping us in your prayers.