What we love

I have been reflecting lately about our experience here in Honduras. We realized we only have two months left of our experience here. School is out in about 6 weeks and then soon after that we will be returning home. We are getting excited about planning what comes next in our lives. I thought I'd take a moment to share what I love about life in Honduras.

We love….

-The pace of life. Simplicity

-No bills. Our electric bill is taped to our gate each month and we are yet to owe any money. (the government subsidizes a portion of it and we don’t even use that much)

-No major responsibilities

-That we get to spend a lot of time together.

-The fact that we can eat out all the time since food is cheap.

-The wad of money David gets to carry in his pocket (They don’t use coins here or Credit cards)

-The fact that you can walk away from Copan in any direction and find yourself on a beautiful hike overlooking green mountains and valleys.

-Walking everywhere.

-The challenge and reward of learning a new language

-When the laundry dries in only a couple of hours

-Our shower (when there is water that is)

-Walking to school in the morning when the sun is just coming up and the town is waking up.

-Eating all sorts of fruit (right now mangoes, watermelon, papayas and oranges)

-Sucking on oranges

-That it gets light at 6am and dark at 6pm all year

-Being able to buy any common food product right down the street. No driving to the store to pick up a last minute item.

-Hammocks

-When our students are just as excited about a lesson as we are (this doesn’t happen very often)

-Walking around town and running into at least a couple of people we know.

What we do not love:

-Dust. Right now since it has not rained in a long time the dust on the roads is about an inch thick in some places. Every time we walk down a hill, which we do all the time, we think about the true meaning of bite the dust as we almost slip and fall.

-When the water or power goes out. Yesterday I was showering at night and as I was going to rinse out my hair the power went out. Darkness and cold water. I guess they give us a reason to have romantic candlelit evenings.

-The heat, sometimes. Our new afternoon activity includes coming home from school and sitting on the couch with our little fan pointed directly at us.

And as a little tribute to the students I love (most of the time) I will post a picture of them.