Preparation

I must say, Molly and I are good planners.  It helps that we both like to schedule ahead.

Today was our day to run errands and get everything ready for the Mother's Day Celebration on Friday.  I woke up still feeling sick with a sore throat, but I did get a run in.  Then I headed over to pick up Molly.

She went to look at a car today and fell in love with it, but the mechanic told her it was not a good idea to buy that car.  The car itself was good, which made it even harder for her to turn it down, but the mechanic said that parts for a Mazda are impossible to find in Honduras.  So she was disappointed when I arrived.

We headed to the local market and picked up the baskets of food for the Mother's Day Celebration.  The original plan was for 10, but we were able to buy 16 baskets of food with donations we received.  Molly got stuff for the kids to make cards for their mothers.  We picked up plates and forks and all that stuff.  Then we went to the local Dispensa (a cheap grocery store) to see if we could find anything feminine to put inside the mugs we got as a gift for each mother.  The thought is that if we fill the mugs with candy, the kids will eat it all.  So we are searching for something Moms like.

After having no luck at the Dispensa we headed to Pricesmart, which is Costco in Honduras.  Molly added me to her card, which was nice.  I have never had a Costco card before.  We checked out cakes for the Mother's Day Event, with the plan of pre-ordering one.  They had plenty of beautiful big ones and you can do a custom design right there on the spot.  We decided we will drop by Friday morning and pick up what is prettiest and freshest.

Then I made my big Pricesmart purchase of asparagus.  This girl is going to eat tortellini with canned artichokes and fresh asparagus tomorrow!  (Today I have to finish up some tomatoes and avocado that are going to go bad if they are not eaten immediately.  Ahhh...  The joys of fresh veggies in Honduras.)

I called Ana to see how Isa is doing today.  She said the doctors at the clinic agreed with Dr. Gustavo's original diagnosis.  Isa has some stomach thing, an iron deficiency, and sores in her mouth from a high fever.  As I expected they were not able to provide the medicine Isa needed, so I stopped and got the meds, then dropped them off to David who was down by the main road getting a haircut on my way home.  David looked MUY guapo.  He was embarrassed as I OOooooooed and Ahhhhhhed over him in front of a group of men who were hanging out on the corner.

Today Los Pinos was not empty like it was the day Molly prayed.  There was a man sprawled out on his back on the side of the road who was not moving at all.  I hope he was not dead.  The streets were full of people, some of them quite sketchy.  I dropped off the meds for Ana (she can't walk without an expensive pill 3x/day for the chikungunya) and the two prescriptions for Isa, then got out of there.

Tomorrow is our Women's Group.  It will be so interesting to see who comes this week.  The first week we had 12 ladies and a ton of kids.  The second week there were seven new ladies.  So who knows who will show up tomorrow!  I have a great feeling about it.  As I have told Molly, if we only are called to serve 2 women, that is fine with me.  But I think God has big plans for this women's group.  Things Molly and I can't even imagine.  Because that is the God we serve.