Got up early today and went to La Tigra with some local folks (one is an ice skater!?!) for a hike. I packed up a bunch of sandwiches and "churros" (which are like potato chips, but they are fried platanos with chile y limon), gatorade, water and apples.
We hiked from about 9am - 2:30pm and went higher into the rainforest than I have been before. The trees were at least as wide as the giant redwoods in California and everything was dripping with moss. It was awesome!
The red mushrooms I took a photo of on Monday opened up and grew several inches. I took a bunch of pictures of mushrooms (red, yellow, orange, blue, green, brown, beige), but I wasn't fast enough to get a photo of the poisonous snake that crossed our path as we first entered the forest. I would like to note for the record: That was the closest I have come to danger since I have been here. :-)
It felt great to get away from the news. I didn't watch or listen to any news today.
The breakfast program is cancelled. I was told that Jairo would prefer all of the children stay in their homes today and tomorrow. So I will sleep in tomorrow and do a little reading.
Several people have asked if I plan to stay in Honduras until my planned return date on 8/13. The answer at this time is yes. I see no reason to leave. I pray about it every day and I have not had any feelings that God is done with me here, or that I am unsafe. Or course, this could change, but at this time I do expect to be in Honduras until August 13th.
Good night, buenas noches!
We hiked from about 9am - 2:30pm and went higher into the rainforest than I have been before. The trees were at least as wide as the giant redwoods in California and everything was dripping with moss. It was awesome!
The red mushrooms I took a photo of on Monday opened up and grew several inches. I took a bunch of pictures of mushrooms (red, yellow, orange, blue, green, brown, beige), but I wasn't fast enough to get a photo of the poisonous snake that crossed our path as we first entered the forest. I would like to note for the record: That was the closest I have come to danger since I have been here. :-)
It felt great to get away from the news. I didn't watch or listen to any news today.
The breakfast program is cancelled. I was told that Jairo would prefer all of the children stay in their homes today and tomorrow. So I will sleep in tomorrow and do a little reading.
Several people have asked if I plan to stay in Honduras until my planned return date on 8/13. The answer at this time is yes. I see no reason to leave. I pray about it every day and I have not had any feelings that God is done with me here, or that I am unsafe. Or course, this could change, but at this time I do expect to be in Honduras until August 13th.
Good night, buenas noches!
