Friday, November 7, 2008

Residency and the circus....

Hey Yall! I Just wanted to let you all know that I have an HUGE praise.....I am now officially a Honduran Resident! YAYYYYYY! I am soooo excited! It hasn't been the easiest thing for me- I have had alot of trouble from papers not being done correctly, to visa renewals, to checks problems and so on... So I just want to praise God and let you all know its completed and done with .... I am now a resident...I should get my official card for it here in a few months after it gets made...Right now i have a paper copy of it. This is such a great relief to me, no more struggling with it. So thanks God for such a wonderful blessing and a great day in the city as well.

The next fun thing i wanted to tell you is about what we saw sitting in traffic after getting our stuff done at immigration today. We (me, jennifer, and kelly) well we were in jenns car waiting on traffic to get moving when we heard this loud goofy music playing and two clowns waving and being silly- all of a sudden here comes these cages with 5 to 6 tigers... then another vehicle with this elephant and someone riding him, followed by another cage with llamas, camels, goats ect... A circus on wheels in the middle of traffic..HOW COOL HUH? How many times do you get entertainment like a circus while waiting in a long line of traffic...I thought it was awesome and just wanted to share about my blessed and fun day in the city....Hope you all are doing great too....I love and miss you all very much and continue to pray for you everyday! Well gotta go for now- send me emails about your days and blessings as well as prayers when you get a chance....Well talk to you all agian very soon. God Bless!!!!

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Update plus two animal stories for ya...

Hola everyone.... just wanted to say first that I'm doing good- miss you all very very much!!! I have been busy doing school things, staying in houses while houseparents are away, and organizing the art room for the school which is looking much better now a days.... :) Its getting pretty cold here so I'm also trying to stay nice and warm since i didn't bring warm clothes (silly me thinking this place was going to be beyond hot and stuffy....lol) But anyways hope everyone is doing great too- I'd love to hear from you all (it makes me feel close to home) so if you have time and want send me a little email and I'll get back to you as soon as i possible can. We are having a little problem right now with electricity so I haven't been on alot lately- but when i am i love reading emails from family and friends so keep on sending them..... Well now for two little but exciting stories (well kinda scary for me- but I thought you might like ot hear them...)
The first story is about ...u guessed it a SPIDER. The other night I went out barefoot to do my wash and as i turned around to head inside to watch a movie with Jae and Brett- i noticed this "thing" that jumped..I truly thought it was a frog because it was big and hoppy... so I actually turned back around and was going to try to get closer and catch it or something...WHAT WAS I THINKING.....lol.. well i guess you figured it out...wasn't a frog Amanda...lol... nope was a big giant black spider... i was sooo scared i dashed to the door to look back and see it running after me (now i know most are going to think it wasn't chasing me and I'm sure it wasn't after me either ) but all i saw was this thing chasing me so i slammed the front door almost in tears i may add- and said umm Brett, Brett, can you do me a favor and he had already figured it out.... so hes like spider..okay i can kill it.... and headed for the door...as he got there opened it a tad and slammed it back he said "Holy crap that's a big spider...." but he did open the door again and kill it for me...YEAHHHHH I was happy..Thanks Brett!!!! By the way i made a new Amanda rule: NO going barefoot on the porch anymore...lol

The second story happened just a few days ago... It was 12 and I was heading my preschool class back to their houses and me and Cristian were walking a head - all of a sudden he stopped and turned to me and said "Miss Amanda, Snake...." I thought he saw one behind us so as i went to take another step forward i also turned around to see it- and as i did i happened to look down and realized it wasn't behind us it was under my foot.....ahhhhh! I was inches if that from stepping on it- it looked and me and i at it and it took off as fast as can be....Now I'm not scared of snakes but the idea of my foot being pretty much on it kinda freaked me out....Cristian the rest of the way home said "I save Miss Amanda... I saved Miss Amanda..." He's my little hero.... First live snake I have really seen here and yes leave it to me to almost step on him- plus if he wanted to he could have bit me no problem because i was wearing flip flops.... so I watch where I'm walking a little more carefully now...
Well hope you liked the two stories- I thought you would want to here my little adventures.... I love and miss you all sooo much... Thanks for all your support and love and continued prayers for me ...I will blog again soon....Till then God Bless! And Be Safe!