Just so everyone knows, American airlines has told us that everything is good for us to leave today at noon. In a few minutes we are heading out to the airport to catch our flight.
Everyone is fine and everything is on schedule. We will see you all tonight!!
Blessings!
Monday, June 29, 2009
On the Road Again
Yesterday all 22 of us piled into the Bert's home and we basically stayed there all day. We played lots of cards, colored, made bracelets, and ate lots of left over candy. We were all on a sugar high. We were treated to our choice of Burger King or Wendy's for lunch which was amazing.
As we leave we have mixed feelings. We really connected with these people and it is hard to leave them, but at the same time we are incredibly excited to see all of you again, hug our moms and dads, and tell all the stories of this adventure. Thank you for all your prayers and we will see you tonight!
Jenna and Taylor
As we leave we have mixed feelings. We really connected with these people and it is hard to leave them, but at the same time we are incredibly excited to see all of you again, hug our moms and dads, and tell all the stories of this adventure. Thank you for all your prayers and we will see you tonight!
Jenna and Taylor
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Good Night!!
Currently we are packing up, showering, and hanging out as its our last night in Honduras! Everyone is doing great and we are all so excited to see our families tomorrow night!
I'm not going to blog much tonight because we are all just having to much together and soon we will meet for our last debrief session. Can't wait to share stories with all of you tomorrow night.
Thanks so much again for all of your prayers and support!
Blessings!!!
I'm not going to blog much tonight because we are all just having to much together and soon we will meet for our last debrief session. Can't wait to share stories with all of you tomorrow night.
Thanks so much again for all of your prayers and support!
Blessings!!!
Sunday, Hallelujah!
Hey everyone!
Happy Sunday! This morning we woke up at 6 and got ready for church. With 25 people to 4 bathrooms, surprisingly we were on time to the service. The girls slept upstairs and the guys slept downstairs.....and the upstairs reeked! Our suitcases smell awful! so, parents, beware! :)
The church is a huge building in Teguz, that has a big dome-shaped roof. The service was very jubilant, because it was one of 4 services during the year where they dress up and have worship dancers in the front. There were people blowing horns, waving flags, and singing songs of praise. The pastors were very "into it", and were wiping their forheads with a cloth. It was pretty hot in the building, and many of us were feeling a little faint, but we loved singing "Open the eyes of my heart" and "Alleluia" in spanish.
For lunch, we went to Wendy's and Burger King. Yay fast food! Please pray that it digests well........... ;) We all downed it in like a minute :)
Please continue to pray for us and the people of Honduras. We love you all and we are all safe!!
Love,
Brittany and Natalie
Happy Sunday! This morning we woke up at 6 and got ready for church. With 25 people to 4 bathrooms, surprisingly we were on time to the service. The girls slept upstairs and the guys slept downstairs.....and the upstairs reeked! Our suitcases smell awful! so, parents, beware! :)
The church is a huge building in Teguz, that has a big dome-shaped roof. The service was very jubilant, because it was one of 4 services during the year where they dress up and have worship dancers in the front. There were people blowing horns, waving flags, and singing songs of praise. The pastors were very "into it", and were wiping their forheads with a cloth. It was pretty hot in the building, and many of us were feeling a little faint, but we loved singing "Open the eyes of my heart" and "Alleluia" in spanish.
For lunch, we went to Wendy's and Burger King. Yay fast food! Please pray that it digests well........... ;) We all downed it in like a minute :)
Please continue to pray for us and the people of Honduras. We love you all and we are all safe!!
Love,
Brittany and Natalie
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Jessie & Jenna
Hola!
So as you all know, this morning we had to say goodbye to our host families. It was really bittersweet but luckily we got the chance to pray with them before we left and it really meant a lot. It is still just so amazing that even the minutes before we left they were still serving us, fixing up our bug bites and cleaning off our suitcases. It was truly a blessing to have met them and learn from them.
The ride back was a bumpy one. We'd start to drift off, but then a ridiculous bump in the road would rudely awake us! It was nice to be in air-conditioning though!I think it was the first time Justin wasnt sweating all week long! It was also really nice to see Teguz again! Its crazyhow modern this city seem now after staying in Lomitas.
Our trip to The Valley of Angels was awesome. There were so many cool shops, and American tourists! crazy. We all got a lot of unique Honduran souvenirs and had fun just walking around and having a day to relax. The ride home was amazing as well. The clouds were covering the mountains and it was so beautiful to see.
It has been a fun night at Nate and Kathy's. They are so welcoming and we've all had fun the past few hours just telling stories and getting modeling lessons from Jeff. This later ended in Jon and Josh in skirts. Dont ask. Anyways, we miss you all and cannot wait to tell you all of our stories!
God Bless "Dios le Bendiga"
Jessie & Jenna!
So as you all know, this morning we had to say goodbye to our host families. It was really bittersweet but luckily we got the chance to pray with them before we left and it really meant a lot. It is still just so amazing that even the minutes before we left they were still serving us, fixing up our bug bites and cleaning off our suitcases. It was truly a blessing to have met them and learn from them.
The ride back was a bumpy one. We'd start to drift off, but then a ridiculous bump in the road would rudely awake us! It was nice to be in air-conditioning though!I think it was the first time Justin wasnt sweating all week long! It was also really nice to see Teguz again! Its crazyhow modern this city seem now after staying in Lomitas.
Our trip to The Valley of Angels was awesome. There were so many cool shops, and American tourists! crazy. We all got a lot of unique Honduran souvenirs and had fun just walking around and having a day to relax. The ride home was amazing as well. The clouds were covering the mountains and it was so beautiful to see.
It has been a fun night at Nate and Kathy's. They are so welcoming and we've all had fun the past few hours just telling stories and getting modeling lessons from Jeff. This later ended in Jon and Josh in skirts. Dont ask. Anyways, we miss you all and cannot wait to tell you all of our stories!
God Bless "Dios le Bendiga"
Jessie & Jenna!
Good Night!!
In an hour or so we will be going to bed for the night. We had such a great day together. Nathan and Cathy have opened their home up to all 22 of us! We are all staying here for the night, then we will head to church at 8am in the morning.
Since we actually have internet access readily available and some free time, many of the students have been blogging. I hope you enjoy their posts!!
Good night!!!
Since we actually have internet access readily available and some free time, many of the students have been blogging. I hope you enjoy their posts!!
Good night!!!
Lots and Lots of bug bites.
Wow! I feel so blessed by God. He showed himself in so many ways this past week, especially through my host family. Countless times they would sacrifice what luxuries they had for Taylor and I. One thing they did for us every hot and humid night was give us their only fan. We can't thank them enough for everything they did. God also blessed me through the music, but first I'll tell a little bit about the hike.
It was actually much better than I thought it would be. I stayed hydrated and actually sweated through my shirt!!!! I guess I live up to my Weller/Kibler name now! Once we got there we had to wait until after the kids clud to eat lunch, so I ended up getting a bit of a head ache. It didn't last too long though. Speaking of the lunch, they forgot to bring us forks, so we had to eat it with plastic eggs. For dessert we had mangos and they were sooooooooo good. All of the kids there were well behaved and quiet, but I think that's because they were shy and too busy staring at the gringos. On the way back I did a bug bite count. I stopped counting after 200. The whole trip was really fun and I was so glad we had to opportunity to go.
After hearing the many songs that the hondurans sing from memory in church, I promised myself that I would learn at least one of them. Being Jon's sister, I never stop hearing him play the guitar when we're home and it's become a familiar and comforting sound to me. I realized about halfway through the week that I really wanted to hear it again. On Friday night, our last night with the host families, both of those prayers were answered. Jose, one of the sons of our host families, knew how to play the guitar and brought his home that night. Along with teaching Taylor and I h0w to sing Open the Eyes of My Heart, he taught us two songs that they sing in church. I could have listened to that guitar all night. The 14 year old daughter, Sandy, wrote down the lyrics (mostly for me since I hardly know any spanish) and before we went to bed handed us a book of song lyrics that she had written down. I know I started to tear up at that part. Saying good-bye to my host family was very hard and I know that I'll stay in touch.
I'm excited for church tomorrow and can't wait to come home on Monday.
I miss you Mom and Dad! XOXOXOXO (Mom, be prepared for a HUGH laundry load on Monday.)
-Corinne Weller (Not Chad)
It was actually much better than I thought it would be. I stayed hydrated and actually sweated through my shirt!!!! I guess I live up to my Weller/Kibler name now! Once we got there we had to wait until after the kids clud to eat lunch, so I ended up getting a bit of a head ache. It didn't last too long though. Speaking of the lunch, they forgot to bring us forks, so we had to eat it with plastic eggs. For dessert we had mangos and they were sooooooooo good. All of the kids there were well behaved and quiet, but I think that's because they were shy and too busy staring at the gringos. On the way back I did a bug bite count. I stopped counting after 200. The whole trip was really fun and I was so glad we had to opportunity to go.
After hearing the many songs that the hondurans sing from memory in church, I promised myself that I would learn at least one of them. Being Jon's sister, I never stop hearing him play the guitar when we're home and it's become a familiar and comforting sound to me. I realized about halfway through the week that I really wanted to hear it again. On Friday night, our last night with the host families, both of those prayers were answered. Jose, one of the sons of our host families, knew how to play the guitar and brought his home that night. Along with teaching Taylor and I h0w to sing Open the Eyes of My Heart, he taught us two songs that they sing in church. I could have listened to that guitar all night. The 14 year old daughter, Sandy, wrote down the lyrics (mostly for me since I hardly know any spanish) and before we went to bed handed us a book of song lyrics that she had written down. I know I started to tear up at that part. Saying good-bye to my host family was very hard and I know that I'll stay in touch.
I'm excited for church tomorrow and can't wait to come home on Monday.
I miss you Mom and Dad! XOXOXOXO (Mom, be prepared for a HUGH laundry load on Monday.)
-Corinne Weller (Not Chad)
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