once again..

we live in central america, far from the life we were used to, far from loved ones,far from home...but we are not alone, the host family that invited us to come and teach, has adopted us as their own in many ways. we do feel accepted, the cultural barriers are not to unlike our own, as we have latin based roots, but the language was not our own. the basis for coming is because we speak english, and in english we teach. we planned that my wife would lead the way in the teaching arena, and i would build relations one person at a time, with the goal in mind of building a church that would be set up as a classroom, teaching only the bible, verse by verse, and in so doing create a fellowship hall where one could sit and sip coffee, or eat a homemade cookie, while listening to christian tunes, or watching a life changing drama with a message, even listen to a speaker at an open mike.... the idea is to have a bi-lingual church, serving the community with the finished work of Jesus in mind and heart.

What were we thinking ?

If you asked me 10, no, 5 years ago, what I would be doing, I would say I am thinking about a place to retire, it is coming up you know. So now I say to myself, alot of people retire "South of the Boarder". When the invitation came up to teach English at a new private school, in Pena Blanca, Honduras, we rolled it around in thought. (my wife and I). And so now a year and a half later,here we are. We sold our house, truck, and what we could not sell we gave away. All we own is what we got here, in our lil' cabana on a strip of orchard, in the middle of rain forest and coffee crops. We are no more than 2 kilometers from the Great Lake Yojoa. If you come from the Southwestern part of the states, where many parts are arid and dry, one finds the "green" of the rain forest over whelming. The food is much more healthier here, it seems less processed by far. It even seems food cooks alot quicker too.
The amazing amount of beautiful birds certainly catches the eye and curiosity, my favorite are the Toucans, that live in a very tall tree in our front yard. The call of the night birds are erie yet somewhat soothing as they stand watch in night time rain forest.