Bienvenidos a Honduras Part 2!

Hola!  Como estas?

As many of you know we arrived in Copan yesterday.  We were so happy to see Austin and Taylor’s
faces.  We also said, “hello” to baby
Emma, and she eventually responded by moving around for us.  What joy to feel little Emma moving around!

Our trip to Honduras was long but virtually uneventful.  We did have one little incident on our second
flight.  I had dosed off, and was awoken
by the flight attendant who said, “Madame your daughter is in the restroom with
a nosebleed.”  So after quickly waking up
fully, I went to the restroom, and Leighanne’s nose was bleeding.  We waited it out, and everything was
a-ok.  Minor stuff!

The trip from San Pedro Sula to Copan was typical of
Honduran driving.  Two lanes became 3
lanes, horns announced we were being passed, motorcycles zoomed in and out,
cars passed in no passing zones, yet no one died or got hurt.  So it was a good driving day! J

Austin brought us some fruit called lichis to eat.  After you peel the outside off, you eat the
inside minus the seed and it kind of tastes like a grape.

Last night we ate pizza at “Jim’s Pizza”.  We enjoyed the fellowship with Tim who is
another missionary in Copan. 

Today, after a great night of much needed sleep, we took a
walking tour of Copan.  I now see why
Austin has lost so much weight.  The city
of Copan has quite a few inclines to master. 
I figure we all might tone up and lose some pounds.  Which will be great for Ben and myself.

We met our hosts, Tina and Jesus.  They are precious people.  Tina has been trying to teach us
Spanish.  This morning we had a funny
discussion about what the girls wanted to be when they grew up.  Leighanne explained that she wanted to be a
doctor and Hannah said she wanted to be a hair stylist.  Tina turned to Hannah and said, “You charge
lots of money to your sister the doctor for haircuts.”  We all had a good laugh.

Today for lunch Tina prepared us a traditional soup.  It had beef, potatoes, yucca, two different
kinds of squash, carrots, and green beans. 
It was very delicious.

This afternoon we are going to repack our suitcases and get
ready for language school.  Later we will
go back to Café Welchez and use the wifi. So maybe tonight we can make a few
calls, if it’s not too busy.

Tomorrow we begin our first major task to accomplish while
here in Copan—learning the language. 
Please pray that our minds will absorb the words and meanings and that
we will begin to be able to communicate. 
Already we know the great need to understand what is being said, and
being able to reply.  (Even though it was
to our benefit yesterday to be able to say, “Un poco Español” and we were waved
through a police check point.)

We can hardly believe we are here in Honduras.  We were reflecting today how much God had to
do to get us here so quickly—it was amazing to watch Him take care of every
little detail. 

 Our room where we are
staying is actually an apartment.  We
have 2 bedrooms and a living area.  It
has lots of windows and a balcony off the front.  It is very spacious—we feel very blessed. We
are about 2 and a half blocks from language school and about 1 and a half
blocks from Austin and Taylor. 

We are grateful for all of the prayers for us for safe
travel.  We are ready to be about the
work the Lord will guide us to.

In Him,

Julie