Update!
There are so many things I could tell about my life here in Honduras. So I’ll just ramble and try to make sense.
First off, I absolutely love it here. It amazes me that it took this long for me to realize how much I want to learn Spanish. I love the open, friendly, hard-working culture and all the wonderful people I’ve met. I love the challenge of explaining myself in another language. For someone who talks as much as I do, it can also be a little frustrating.
The bilingualschool where I’m working is great too. We have five MKs (missionary kids) and five Honduran students. Three of the Hondurans went to the school last year and have a pretty good grasp of English, whether they use it voluntarily or not. The other two little girls are very new to English and need me to explain things en espanol. One of the little girls is my little buddy, we go everywhere together and she helps me with my Spanish. She’s adorable and hilarious. The other day she was laughing “with me” for so long because I accidentally called my flip flops pigs. (The words are fairly similar and I couldn’t remember what each one meant.)
The building where I’m staying, known as Staff Housing or El Hotel, is such a fun place to live. It’s full of awesome people all around my age and we do all kinds of group things almost every night. Tonight we’re going to watch the sunset from the water tower on the hill for my friend Mackenzie’s last night here. We watch movies a lot in the evenings and cook together and hang out all the time. It has really helped me deal with being away from my family and friends and home.
I go to school every weekday from 8-3. After school I go home for a little while and rest and eat. Then I usually walk down to the Children’s Center (a place for children who have nowhere to stay or need to be near the hospital) and play or watch soccer. Sometimes I go to Miss Christie’s beach, which is right behind the CC. The sun sets about 6 PM every day and the sunset over the mountains is gorgeous.
The best people to practice my Spanish with is children. For one thing, they don’t talk about complex subjects and for another they’re not trying to confuse me. A lot of people around my age like to talk to me really fast about stuff I wouldn’t understand with my limited vocabulary. But at least it motivates me to learn faster!
Anyways I’m having a great time here and I’m super busy which is why I haven’t written much on my blog. But I’ll try to be more consistent. Please pray that I’ll be encouraged work to the best of my ability in everything I do and that I’ll show the love of Jesus to everyone I am around.
