We made it back safely from Honduras! The trip was the perfect ice breaker for international travel. We traveled in a big group and the hotel and transportation was completely taken care of by our church. It’s the kind of trip that most people go on in their early teens, but we both missed out on that. So we’re making up for lost time.
Most of our time was spent in a community called El Tablon. We worked with a local pastor and his family. We really fell in love with his family. They were so kind and gracious. Elsa, his daughter, was adorable and really attached herself to the team members. We absolutely loved the children. They were awesome to run around with. I remember my older brother going on a missions trip to Mexico in his late teens, and he said the same thing.
We did find it amusing to see how many American businesses there are in Tegucigalpa. From Popeyes to Dunkin Donuts, they had it all. We had an American style coffee shop just up the street from the hotel. We were blown away by the cost of a latte, $1.50, until we received it and it was only six ounces at best. We also loved the “Dk’d Donuts” version of Dunkin. Apparently a Honduran started the Dunkin rivalry. All was good until DD actually came to Honduras, sued them in court, and forced them to change their name.
The majority of our sight seeing was done on our second to last day. We were able to go up to the top of the city to see the Big Jesus (he was huge!) and walk through the museum and maze of Confucius.
The trip was pretty controlled. We didn’t have a lot of time outside of the community and hotel. We saw most of the city from the windows of our bus as our driver, Crazy Willy, careened around the city. Frank and I spent a lot of our time thinking about coming back to see the community on our own. We hope we get a chance to do that.
By the way, I was able to knit a blanket on the trip. Finishing up most of a twin size chunky knit blanket for Frank’s sister. A pretty productive use of my time.
