Wow! What a day...as the previous post states, we left St. Louis this morning around 7:00 and then went to Miami to fly to Honduras. We arrived in Honduras around 12:00-ish, and met up with the Missionary (Bro. Brad Schreckhise), who took us to eat and then to the hotel.

Meet the Missionary:


Us at Lunch:


That's when the fun began. After getting our rooms figured out and trying to 'rest' before heading off to La Cumbre for supper, we were surprised by a loud noise, yelling, and eventually a band. The teachers were on strike and they were marching down the road by our hotel. When we left to eat, we had to walk about five blocks, through military/police baracades. It was a very interesting experience...we have plenty video and pictures. --grin-- Parents, don't worry, we had US Marines in front of our Hotel...everything is going to be fine. Actually tomorrow it's supposed to be over and they will go back to work.

Watch the 'march':


After getting to the bus, we rode up the mountain to La Cumbre, had some awesome food, got to see the lights of the city (you can catch the pics on the mo youth page), and got to relax. We also got to walk about 1 kilomoter up and down the 'hill'. Dodging the mud puddles in the dark was kinda interesting.

We wrapped the night up with orientation and song practice at the motel. We sang a couple of worship songs to open the orientation, and the Spirit of God moved into our 'conference' room. So far we've had a very interesting and LONG day, but I'm really looking forward to what's to come.

Until tomorrow,
ERM