Skip to main content

No news is just no news.

I really have not had much to say over the last week, but here is a quick update.

I was sick most of last week. I woke up around 2:00 AM Tuesday with stomach cramping. I eventually slept a little while longer, but was pretty much up the rest of the night. I got up and made breakfast. Unfortunately, I also ate breakfast which killed my stomach. I ate about a half-cup of soup that night which I very quickly regretted. I didn't eat again until late Thursday night. I am fine now, but wow was that a miserable state of being.

The week had some excitement, though, mostly good. Jose had a birthday Tuesday. Central America had a party Wednesday. Nate turned ten on Thursday.

Then there was the one thing that put a real damper on the week. Janeksa, a teacher here at the Christian school, lost her husband (31 years old) to a Semi VS Motorcycle wreck. I won't share the details because it is not relevant, but I will say they handle these situations quite differently than we of the U.S. After the wreck the body was not moved to allow family and others to come view the "situation". This was in the early morning hours. The funeral was held the next day at 11:00 AM. Janeksa returned to work (or planned to, I didn't actually see her) yesterday.

The team from the U.S. came back from Honduras Thursday night. We were able to spend time with them Friday, which was great. They left for home Friday afternoon and are sorely missed - especially by Erin and Lori. Maybe if they hadn't been such doggone nice people we wouldn't miss them so much.

Not much to report since then. Have done a lot of studying and reading. Dealt with power, water and internet outages. Watched a "feel good" movie Friday night to cheer us up after the team left - though I can't remember which one it was.

Tomorrow promises to be another good day.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

I smell chocolate.

A lot has happened since last I blogged about the happenings here in La Palma. I mentioned in a post last week that I had been asked to speak in one of the local schools. It is quite a different feeling to basically give a Bible lesson on parenting at a public school function. I guess coming from Webb City I am more used to biblical foundations in the public schools than some, but it is still a strange concept to go into a school and give a lesson on what God wants from parents. I gave my only credentials for being qualified to teach on the subject to start, "Hi. I'm Monte. I've been married for eighteen years and have a teenage daughter and a son who is almost ten. I am a parent, but not a perfect one. What I am going to talk you about is some of the same things I'm still trying to get right." It was met with a very good reception. Two teachers who also were to speak and the school director during her speech all referred back to what I had said. The director ...
1 comment
Read more

What an opportunity!

In my last post, I told you that I had something exciting to talk about. Well, I do. We are a little more than 5 years into the work here in La Palma. I'd like to say I was part of it from the start, but I was not. The children in the Sponsoship and Scholarship programs have started graduating from high school. I believe there was one last year and there will be two this next year. This is truly exciting in an environment where as soon as you are old enough to do some kind of money earning work, you are encouraged by your family to help with the family income. We have children in the program that display a dip in their grades, and we find they are putting off study for work as early as third grade. This is a problem, for sure, but these programs are truly having an amazing impact on the lives of many children. These programs would not be possible if not for the generosity of many of you! Now we are discovering a new and exciting opportunity to help these children. Of the two gr...
Post a Comment
Read more

First Sunday in La Palma

Today was a good day. We got to worship with the La Palma family. After for lunch we went and ate super gringa's at Eric's. Then we had some time to repack our suitcases and rest a while before Romeo (pronounced Ro-may-o) came with his big truck to pick up our luggage to take to what will be our residence while we are here. We loaded them up and then piled the five of us into the cab of the truck (3 seater). Nathan on Lori's lap and Erin on mine made for a long short trip - poor Erin kept slipping off my lap with all the downhill driving. We dropped off the luggage, no problem. Then I left with Romeo and Nathan to go pick up the 2 wardrobes and 2 bunk beds built for the children's home, for us to use while we reside there. ¡No estaba listo para ése! Romeo and Mauricio (who built the furniture) speak no English, and though I can understand more and more, it was not enough and I felt very much like a fish out of water. Mauricio's neighbors had a good laugh at my expen...
1 comment
Read more