Making baleadas

This is a photo of a house that fell off the mountain
as a result of the rains on Saturday.
You can see the wall in the middle of the photo
and the other half of the house above.

Today I learned to make my own tortillas for baleadas
There are many Hondurans that can't do it
so I was pretty proud of myself

The hardest part was flopping it onto the frying pan

Second try - much more round

Finished masterpiece - Burning HOT!
Hurry and take the picture!

Something was strange with me today.  I was exhausted all day although I slept well last night.

Fany and I had to go to the bank.  She said, "Are you sure you don't want to make any stops?"  I told her no, the only other thing I have to do is drop off the flyers in Los Pinos, but I won't do that with the girls in the car.  Fany said it's best if we all go together.

Thankfully, the trip was uneventful.  We dropped the flyers off at the pastor's house.  Fany took the photos above.  The roads were still full of mud.  But that house was the saddest sight.  There were a few spots where there were big mudslides.  Many people were working, cleaning up the streets.

The people I saw standing around the bus area blocking my shortcut on Saturday were there for a good reason.  A house slid down the mountain and crashed into the market below.  Everything was just gone - broken into pieces.  There was still a big crowd around there today.  I know the family who owned that little market/billiards place.  They are nice people.  I imagine everyone is okay or I would have already heard.

Just driving in that area again made me anxious.  It will be a while before I will feel comfortable in Los Pinos again.

When we got home Fany taught me how to make baleadas.  Very few people can make the tortillas for baleadas.  It is kind of like a chewy pizza doughish texture, not at all like a regular tortilla.  My first one wasn't round but my second and third turned out great!  The hardest part for me was flipping it out of my hands and getting it to lie flat in the pan.   Of course I have a professional teaching me.  Fany has been making baleadas since she was 7 years old.  I should be a pro soon.