Tonight I am going out to dinner with Molly, a woman who also serves in Los Pinos. We are talking about how we can minister together and have lots of good ideas. Actually she started helping me yesterday when we went to the school for Erika. Molly's Spanish is better than mine so it is nice to have someone to run everything past to make sure I understood it all correctly.
Yesterday I joined a gym and had my first workout. A trainer is part of the package, which is cheap and close to my house. So far I am liking it. It's close to my house, safe, and much cleaner than my last gym which was double the price with no trainer. The ceiling is not falling down and nobody is welding or doing construction with crazy chemicals to inhale. It's much, much smaller. But it seems perfect for me.
Today I can't move. First it was just my legs and stomach that hurt. After today's workout I am wondering how I will lift my arm to eat dinner with Molly tonight. If it hurts this much right now, I am concerned about tomorrow and Saturday.
Speaking of Saturday I am excited out of my mind. Guess what Saturday is? Three years ago on Saturday I arrived in Honduras! It seems so short. I am thrilled to be celebrating my third anniversary in Honduras this year with so much finally coming together. I am starting to serve the way I believed God called to me serve. It will be so cool to see where I am by the fourth anniversary.
We have always celebrated this day, but this year was different. Now I have friends who know me so well that I don't have to ask them to celebrate with me. Both Ana and Fany were already planning this day. I am blessed with good friends who appreciate me and know what is important to me.
Ana came up with my favorite (and also cheap!) food, which will feed the masses. We are going to make catrachas, which are a fried tortilla topped with refried beans and Honduran cheese. Ana knows that I was very good about following the rule and not snitching food out of the kitchen until all of the kids were fed at Buen Provecho - except on Catracha day. I always needed one to get me through!
Fany came up with the guest list, which includes Molly and my friend Carol with her family, as well as Ana, Ana's kids, Erika and her baby. I forgot to mention it to Erika so today I called her Mom's phone but nobody answered. She called me back from her Dad's phone right away. I always decline the calls so that it comes out of my minutes instead of hers. She seemed excited to come to the party. I figure if we are going to walk together through life, she should be at my three year anniversary party! It will be very special to have her there. The first young woman I am ministering to on my own in Honduras. I never felt my heart swell before, but it swells when I say that.
Thinking back to years past I have never been as happy, confident, excited for the future and at peace as I am now. God has done some amazing work in me this year.
