Sunday Sept 27

We had a good morning of sleeping in and then we got ready to go to town since we chose to go hiking yesterday. We got a ton of groceries in town, the most we’ve gotten in one trip I think. The currency here in Honduras is Lempiras and it’s about 20 Lemps to $1 US. So we spent about 1100 Lempiras, which was a lot for us because we were used to half of that for our bill. But then realized that’s equivalent to about $60 for groceries…for four people…for a week. Haha. So it really wasn’t that bad, just more than we were used to. Afterwards we spent a good amount of time at Guancascos on the internet and eating lunch. We headed up the mountain in time for church with the neighbors. I really like the church. It’s just our neighbors so we know almost everyone, but I feel the presence of God there. I love how enthusiastic they are. For example, they ask us to sing a little something every time and even though its in English, they are still like Hallelujah, Amen. It just gives me joy and allows my spirit to be fed with others who simply follow Christ in their simple life.
Commenting on the word simple…We were talking the other day and we realized that life up here is simple; this does not mean its easy. There is a difference. Sometimes our electricity goes out, or we don’t have running water, not to mention no TV, internet or actual kitchen. We do some of our own laundry or someone else does it by hand. We walk to school and back. This isn’t easy or convenient. But it is simple; and I think that by stripping all of those other things which are distracting, especially the technology, you come to appreciate life a lot more. You focus more on relationships, talking, relaxing and learning to just BE and not DO so much; there’s plenty to do, but you don’t need to be in a hurry to do them most of the time. You can’t just sit down in front of the TV and waste a few hours; instead you have a great conversations and make memories with your housemates or play with the neighbor kids. So I highly encourage everyone to turn off the TV, get off of Facebook, take out the ipod and just enjoy the people and surroundings around you. Take that time and you will feel so much more content; not perfect, but more content, I believe. That’s my deep thought for the day.