Saturday and Sunday, December 12 and 13

This was our last weekend here in Gracias before we leave for Christmas and we had all these plans to have a Christmas dinner/meal together, go caroling around to our neighbors, and other stuff. Well none of them actually happened; I think we lost track of time or didn’t want to put forth the effort and just rest up for our LONG day on Monday. So Saturday we were originally going to walk to town like normal, but the teachers from Teguz who are here for the program said the line was really long, so we called a mototaxi. The taxi took longer than we thought and we got to the bank about the same time as if we had walked; just need to remember to plan ahead a little bit and be patient and flexible! After the bank was Guancascos and then Julia, LB, Sarah and I went shopping for candy for our kids for their Christmas presents. I’m planning on having some sort of party for my kids this week on Wednesday because it will be hard to get much done the last day before break anyways. We also went to Lorendiana’s who sells great salsas, popsicles and other jarred items, where we bought some Christmas gifts for people. Julia, LB, and I headed up the mountain afterwards and it was a really chill night: watched movies, made a great pasta dish for dinner, made and ate chocolate cake. Sunday was very relaxing as well. We need the rest today to get us ready for Monday, our 15 hour day. I sat out in the sun for a bit, which felt great and got some color. I want to look like I’ve been in Honduras for the last few months! We really don’t get that much sun except on our arms and face because we’re inside our classrooms teaching all day and wear pants to work, so weekends are the only times we could ‘get tan.’ LB and I went to church at night and even though I don’t understand half of the service, I usually enjoy it because these are still my brothers and sister in Christ and I can tell the presence of God is there in their joy and passion and kindness. And tomorrow…should be interesting.