Dad, Caleb and I woke up at 3am on June 4, and mom drove us to the airport. We flew to Minneapolis, then to Memphis, then finally to Atlanta. We stayed the night there, and woke up early the next morning to get to our next flight, where we met up with the other team members. Only after we landed in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, did we find out that it is the shortest runway in the world (for large planes)!!! We all cheered when the pilot made an extremely smooth landing. :-)
After taking forever to get through customs, we finally finished, gathered our luggage together and loaded it all into Mr. M's van (we stayed at the M.'s house for 3 nights during our trip). That van was stuffed to the gills!! Dad, Caleb and I all sat in the front, and it was so full that dad had to sit on my lap! :-) Thankfully the M.'s house was only 4 blocks away.
We arrived and unloaded everything, and then had lunch. The M. family is a very nice Christian family, and we really appreciated their kind and generous hospitality! They all speak both English and Spanish (Mr., Mrs., 8 year old Josue (pronounced Hosway), and 6 year old Esther).
That afternoon Sharon C. (the lady who was doing the fiestas with me) and I went through all our supplies and organized everything for the fiestas. We had SO much stuff to give to the kids and their teachers, so that took quite a while to get together. Fri. and Sat. the others also worked on getting our solar equipment out of customs (it had been stuck there for several weeks), and then preparing it for the schools. That night we went out to Pizza Hut for supper. Yes, there are a lot of American restaurants in Honduras!! The Pizza Huts we went to were 2 or 3 times as big as the ones here, and they had a play land!! :-)
The next day (Sat.) we spent the morning doing various things, and that afternoon we went on a tour of the city. We drove up this big mountain, and at the top we were able to see the whole city. It was beautiful!! That night we watched a soccer game between the US and Honduras. Soccer (or football, as they call it) is a HUGE thing in Honduras! The US won, but I'd have to say that Honduras played very very well. :-)
Since we flew in on a weekend, were weren't able to start the schools until Monday. It was nice to have those couple days to settle in and rest before we went to the tougher work. :-)
Part two to be coming soon (hopefully)!! :-)
Our first view of Honduras
This is our team from the US (along with some of the M family).
L-R: Marcus, Allen, Phil, Sharon, Me, Mr. M., Caleb, Luke, Jay, Dad, and Josue and Esther in the front
Customs
Loading the van
Eating at Pizza Hut
Phil playing with Josue
Sharon playing with Esther
No, this store wasn't named after my nickname! :-)
Tegucigalpa
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You get called Hannah Banana? I'm Anna Banana! :D
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