Life at the beach: SECOND WEEK

We have done a lot of driving this week; that is why we haven´t blogged lately.

First, I want to thank Bob and Penny for coming and being such a great help. Bob was incredibly helpful with the car. (It passed the DMV inspection! Yeah!) Penny sang in church and baked chocolate chip cookies most of the day Saturday for the couples' meeting on Saturday night. We both worked on the lasagna. I was so blessed by having Penny here! Both Bob and Penny were stretched, but they both raised to the occasions.

Since the whole town was so worried about the little boy, Yirardi, we decided to just have a little talk and prayer with the couples Saturday night. John explained to then what prayer is and what it not (vain repetitions). They always like to stay and talk a little before going home, so they stayed until about 10:00 pm. There is a very young couple who wants us to visit them for counseling. We will try to do this next week.

Monday we walked on the beach again in the morning and went to Francisco's house for dinner in the evening. We were upstairs admiring the country scene and could hear the monkeys on the trees. Penny wanted so badly to take pictures of monkeys that Francisco decided to take us into the woods to look for monkeys. Alas, the monkeys heard us coming and got very quiet. We never saw any! After a while, we gave up and went back to the house. We had a delicious dinner of Honduran tostadas (they call it enchiladas, but you know them as tostadas). Their twelve year old girl (Mari) wanted to learn two songs from Penny. She wants to learn to sing like Penny! Penny sang with her the two songs she learned in Spanish, but then the girl wanted to learn one song in English. She wants to learn English. They had a great time together in spite the language barrier. Francisco and Luz plan to get married next year (they have been together 13 years), and want Penny to come back to sing at their wedding.

Tuesday we got up at 3:00 am and drove to the airport. Everything went very smoothly. We said good-bye to Bob and Penny, feeling that their week here had gone by too quickly! On the way home we stopped by the German Bakery for breakfast (But we did not have ice cream, Rubia!). Then we had to drop the car off by the mechanic who was going to take it to the DMV check. We took a taxi home, and went to sleep. We were very tired. I am sure that Bob and Penny were very tired also. That same evening, at about 9:00 pm the mechanic came back with our car, and he even gave us money back! Praise the Lord we have found an honest mechanic!

Wednesday night we went out with friends from Atlanta who also own a place here. They are a delightful couple. They are volunteers with the Gedeons. We went to our favorite restaurant that serves typical food.
Thursday we had to get up at 5:00 to go up and back to the capital again, this time for business. By the time we got home it was 8:00 pm, too late for church; therefore, we went to church last night in the second town. This is the largest group, as I have mentioned before, many work on Sundays, so Friday night is the only time that they can go to church. They have instruments and a keyboard. We sang for over an hour. This is the place with only four posts and a tin roof, and bugs are attracted to the lights. We had beetles as big as helicopters flying and landing on us. Some of the young men catch them in mid fly and throw them out, but more comeback. They really cause a distraction, especially among the young.

Today, Saturday, I am cooking again for the couples (I miss you, Penny!). This time I am going to make Mexican enchiladas and chocolate cake. I hope they turn out because I am cooking from scratch. The only thing store-bought are the tortillas.

NEWS ABOUT YIRARDI:

They brought him home yesterday, but we haven't seen him yet. We will wait a couple of days because we know that the entire town will be at their doorsteps, and they need to rest. Thank you for your prayers. The Lord did the miracle. We hope that both Yirardi and his parents recognize it and give Him the glory.