guaaaa. that is spanish for wow! i cannot believe 2 weeks have blown bye here in Honduras. The days are long because the sun is so intense and draining, but i seem to last from morning til evening running around and active, sucking what i can out of each day. a few highlights from the past week or so...
My classes are going well. I was switched to a different teacher as my usual maestra, Yesseina, has taken time off as her cousin was recently murdered... please please please keep her in your prayers. I start helping at the orphanage on Monday and will work there in the afternoons Mon thru Fri.
Living with a family here has been interesting and always crazy. I seem to have created a routine with the 3 year old, Fiorela, as we read story books before lunch and then after lunch we draw ´dibujos' :) she loves coming in my room or just following me around! And then there is the 11 month old, Fara. what a precious baby. i have been helping with here every so often and i love being with her! this sunday we are taking a family trip to the water park lol and it will definitely be crazy.
Church. I have found a very humble, simple, Bible believing church called Sala Evangelica. I absolutely love it. I am understanding the messages, but it is very difficult to catch everything. The Hondurans in this church are so loving and so reflective of Christ. The people here are immediately honest..For example, as I was walking by Sala Evangelica last week and stopped to peer inside, a man from the church right away shared Jesus´s life, death, and resurrection with me. The people here live with an urgency and passion that I find refreshing and challenging.
I send my love to all and miss friends and family dearly!! Besos!
Friday, March 11, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
gracias a Dios!
i am in La Ceiba, honduras! thanks be to God.
it honestly has been a very crazy few days, full of unexpected and unwanted surprises yet abounding in grace.
i arrived at the airport in San Pedro, an industrial city that is known to be more dangerous (and for this, i realized, are why tickets are much less expensive to fly to San Pedro) and i met an american couple who also needed to reach La Ceiba..we stayed at the same hotel and the following morning took a bus 3 hours through inland Honduras to arrive in La Ceiba. The director at my small spanish school picked me up and drove me to my homestay family...who was not at the home!
The electricity t/o Honduras was shut off due to some issue with the big electricity companies..All the families of la Ceiba then had left their homes to seek a breeze and cool water at the playa. So, a man next door eventually came over and let me in (he ended up being the papi of the girls) and i slept for a few hours, woke up and then Carlos the papi served me a pupusa con salchicha y queso and a little salad thing. i went back to sleep and awoke to the woman of the house, Alexandra, knocking on my door and saying in perfect english, What´s up..hey!i want to see you. hey what´s up girl!.. Haha, it was sooo funny.. i thought i was still in my english speaking dream. Now, we only speak Spanish. i met her precious daughters, a 3 yr old and an 11month old. and two cousins and living there too...a 14 yr old and i think a 6 year old. and Alexandra´s dad lives there too. and another student from the spanish school. it is a busy busy loca home. That night, we ate dinner consisting of rice, beans, and eggs. Then off to sleep again. yes, i was tired. As I shut my bedroom door to turn in for the night, what did i see but a giant,nasty, red cucaracha running across the floor towards my foot.. my choices were fight or flight and i chose fight. i killed it, and went to bed in fear of my unknown crawling roommates.
The next day, began the morning Spanish lessons, which are from 8am to noon each weekday. My tutor is Yesseina, she is 22 years old, and so sweet. We walked the city of La Ceiba and she gave me the grand tour. Conversation flows easily between us, and she actually is hooking me up with her mom´s evangelical church here. Tomorrow nite will be my first church service in Honduras...i´m pumped. the Lord has calmed my soul and given me peace in these days of uncertainty. my prayer is that in His grace, i may be used to further His namesake here and love the people with His heart.
it honestly has been a very crazy few days, full of unexpected and unwanted surprises yet abounding in grace.
i arrived at the airport in San Pedro, an industrial city that is known to be more dangerous (and for this, i realized, are why tickets are much less expensive to fly to San Pedro) and i met an american couple who also needed to reach La Ceiba..we stayed at the same hotel and the following morning took a bus 3 hours through inland Honduras to arrive in La Ceiba. The director at my small spanish school picked me up and drove me to my homestay family...who was not at the home!
The electricity t/o Honduras was shut off due to some issue with the big electricity companies..All the families of la Ceiba then had left their homes to seek a breeze and cool water at the playa. So, a man next door eventually came over and let me in (he ended up being the papi of the girls) and i slept for a few hours, woke up and then Carlos the papi served me a pupusa con salchicha y queso and a little salad thing. i went back to sleep and awoke to the woman of the house, Alexandra, knocking on my door and saying in perfect english, What´s up..hey!i want to see you. hey what´s up girl!.. Haha, it was sooo funny.. i thought i was still in my english speaking dream. Now, we only speak Spanish. i met her precious daughters, a 3 yr old and an 11month old. and two cousins and living there too...a 14 yr old and i think a 6 year old. and Alexandra´s dad lives there too. and another student from the spanish school. it is a busy busy loca home. That night, we ate dinner consisting of rice, beans, and eggs. Then off to sleep again. yes, i was tired. As I shut my bedroom door to turn in for the night, what did i see but a giant,nasty, red cucaracha running across the floor towards my foot.. my choices were fight or flight and i chose fight. i killed it, and went to bed in fear of my unknown crawling roommates.
The next day, began the morning Spanish lessons, which are from 8am to noon each weekday. My tutor is Yesseina, she is 22 years old, and so sweet. We walked the city of La Ceiba and she gave me the grand tour. Conversation flows easily between us, and she actually is hooking me up with her mom´s evangelical church here. Tomorrow nite will be my first church service in Honduras...i´m pumped. the Lord has calmed my soul and given me peace in these days of uncertainty. my prayer is that in His grace, i may be used to further His namesake here and love the people with His heart.
Friday, February 25, 2011
address yes. host family check.
The address to my school and where I can receive mail is as follows:
Attn: Mallory Peckels
Centro Internacional de Idiomas
Col. Toronjal II, Etapa 5, Block 15, Casa L-13
La Ceiba, Atlantida, Honduras
And, my homestay arrangments have been finalized.
I will be living with Alexandra, a mother of a two little girls, a 2 year-old and a 7month old... I am so freaking excited to play with those little precious girls.
Attn: Mallory Peckels
Centro Internacional de Idiomas
Col. Toronjal II, Etapa 5, Block 15, Casa L-13
La Ceiba, Atlantida, Honduras
And, my homestay arrangments have been finalized.
I will be living with Alexandra, a mother of a two little girls, a 2 year-old and a 7month old... I am so freaking excited to play with those little precious girls.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
sunny side up
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the Sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else - C.S. Lewis aka the man.
The Weight of Glory
quotable moments from C.S. Lewis...
"The promises of Scripture may very roughly be reduced to five heads. It is promised (1) that we shall be with Christ; (2) that we shall be like Him; (3) with an enormous wealth of imagery, that we shall have "glory"; (4) that we shall, in some sense, be fed or feasted or entertained; and (5) that we shall have some sort of official position in the universe - ruling cities, judging angels, being pillars of God's temple."
"Poetry replaces grammar, gospel replaces law, longing transforms obedience, as gradually as the tide lifts a grounded ship."
"We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannnot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased."
"The promises of Scripture may very roughly be reduced to five heads. It is promised (1) that we shall be with Christ; (2) that we shall be like Him; (3) with an enormous wealth of imagery, that we shall have "glory"; (4) that we shall, in some sense, be fed or feasted or entertained; and (5) that we shall have some sort of official position in the universe - ruling cities, judging angels, being pillars of God's temple."
"Poetry replaces grammar, gospel replaces law, longing transforms obedience, as gradually as the tide lifts a grounded ship."
"We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannnot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased."
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
recess has ended
the whistle sounds and the teacher drags you back into school. the free hour to romp around in the wood chips is over.
with much likeness, my recess of many months from the blogging world has now ended. and it is not by choice, but much more due to the gentle encouragement and whistling of family and friends to return to an outlet where i can be tracked. yes, tracked as in followed :)
on saturday, i embark on an adventure to La Ceiba, Honduras. more will be said in upcoming posts... but for those who care, or wish to follow, i love you and i pray that the Lord will reunite us soon. it is by faith that i take this flight into central america and i pray the Lord will change me, use me, and reveal Himself to me in ways i never could have seen here in the northwoods of wisconsin. and how i will miss this area and the people i hold so close in my heart. my prayers will be filled with your names and my desire is to see you soon. as for now, gotcha last.
with much likeness, my recess of many months from the blogging world has now ended. and it is not by choice, but much more due to the gentle encouragement and whistling of family and friends to return to an outlet where i can be tracked. yes, tracked as in followed :)
on saturday, i embark on an adventure to La Ceiba, Honduras. more will be said in upcoming posts... but for those who care, or wish to follow, i love you and i pray that the Lord will reunite us soon. it is by faith that i take this flight into central america and i pray the Lord will change me, use me, and reveal Himself to me in ways i never could have seen here in the northwoods of wisconsin. and how i will miss this area and the people i hold so close in my heart. my prayers will be filled with your names and my desire is to see you soon. as for now, gotcha last.
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