Update from E

It has been awhile since I have had time on the computer. Charlie and I walked to town--it is a very hot day here and windy too. Becasue the streets are all dirt, it makes for a dirty walk! We have enjoyed mostly bery nice weather--it is the dry season here so things aren´t very green, but we would rather it be dry than muddy everywhere.
The time seems to be flying by--last night Alex said something about us being almost halfway through our time--wanting things to slow down so we could be here longer. The kids are all having fun. Last night our kids and the Project kids were killing themsleves laughing with ¨My Big Fat Greek Wedding¨style things---like Nate had them (adults included) saying Ï am a fruitcake¨, and then Alex and Nate and Chase would laugh themselves silly. The the kids from here would have Nate and Chase say something in Spanish, and laugh themselves silly. Alex catches pretty much all of the Spanish, so the game doesn´t work on her.
Tomorrow morning we will leave the Project for a few days to meet our friend Kent and his wife Judy up at Lake Yahoa (sp?). We will be taking buses from here to Tegucigalpa and then another bus to Lake Yahoa. Should be an adventure riding the Honduran bus lines! It will be nice to have a little getaway. On Sunday night we will return to the Project, and then will pretty much be here for three weeks straight until it is time to leave.
We know we have been here for awhile because for the last 2 nights in a row, Nate--our sleep walker and talker--has been speaking in Spanish in his sleep. Last night he said very loudly something about viejo and gordo which means old and fat. Not sure what he was dreaming about (hopefully not me!!)
We are outside all day long and so are getting pretty tan. We only still need to be careful of our noses getting burned--and of course Charlie´s bald spot. Otherwise, we are pretty well used to the sun. Charlie and Nate and Chase have been hleping a group put in new sewer lines at the Project for the last few days. It is hard, hot work, but it will be so great for the Project to be able to depend on an incredibly improved system. We have been without water for only 2 days when we have been here and only without electricity twice for a couple of hours. It can go out for days at a time apparetnly--so I guess we have been lucky.
We continue to write in our journals everyday, take lots of pictures, spend alot of time learning, laughing and working. We have a short chapel service each day--all in Spanish of course--so while they are praying their prayers (which can go on for a very long time), we all pray our own prayers. We pray that you are all well and that things are going well at home. We got the news yesterday that Brett Favre retired--and Charles just informed me that the Stock Market is taking a beating. It all seems very far away--and we feel very detached from all of it. But we love getting all the fun posts from you, and are always excited when we get a chnace to get on the net.
Need to head out now. Our Spanish teacher arrives at the Project at 2 and doesn´t like to be kept waiting. So--hasta pronto and Dios de Bendiga. Love, EWM