Home Sweet Home...

Hi again...Sorry its been such a long time since ive written a blog...Its been an up and down kinda life style for me lately. For those who don't already know i was put in the hospital in Honduras in August due to gastroentritis or severe food poisoning (not sure which but they go together so it doesnt much matter)... it was a nightmare to cut the story short.... i finally was released and got back to teaching my kiddos in Ocotepeque, but kept getting sick over and over... I also noticed i was having pain throughout my arms and legs alot- and just didn't have the energy to get up and move around... I also noticed when my kids would give me hugs or hang on me it was hurting more then anything else.. I kept trying to push through but after i moved to Comayagua, I got ultrasounds and had many visits with the doctors there i was told it would be best to come on home to get my health straightened out. So after 3 different docs telling me this i decided to pack my stuff and head on home... I got back early February but during the time of me coming home it was also a busy time for mom and dad with packing and moving stuff and figuing out what stays and what goes due to the fact that we were moving to Florida due to dad's job moving here..so its been a busy transition and tough with sooo many doctors visits... I've been to several docs..i've gotten poked and stuck with lotsss of needles and had tons of x-rays and cat scans..but everything was coming back normal so i was getting very frustrated. We finally got a doctor to help figure out what was going on and would listen. After several tests she ruled with lots of confidence that I have: acid reflux (which we kinda thought), i am also lactose intolerant which we already knew as well- But the maian problems are i have IBS(irratable bowl syndrome) and Fibromayalgia and with everything adding up; I'm in a nutshell miserable and full of pain. I am working with the doctors to figure out medication that will help with the pain and stiffness that doesnt have too bad of side effects. The 1st meds i tried made me sooo sick, the meds i am on now help some but we're not sure how well or long I'll be on them.. I am getting an appointment in June to see a rhumetologist to see what all i can do for the pain, and to help get things straightened and managed better. I have good days and bad days. The good days are great i can move around,I'm not in too much pain but i always have a little, but im not stiff and i have energy and thats awesome. but on the bad days i cant hardly get out of bed, i hurt so bad and am so stiff i cant hardly move my fingers or legs plus im totally drained with no energy so its been up and down alot. But through it all i know Gods got a plan for me and He's always with me so im relying on Him to guide my doctors and help me get back to real living...and to show me my next step in life. Its soo nice to be home while im so up and down with being sick. I love our new place, its little and cozy and we got a poooooool can you say FUN!,but its a blessing in disguise becuase that has been the best excersie to help my stiffness and pain throughout my body. Sometimes life's confusing or rough but these are the times that I know Gods trying to teach me and mold me for what he has in store next. So im excited. Im soo thankful for my parents helping me and dealing with their big baby cause thats what i turn into when i hear another test, another needle, another I.V. and let me tell u its nooooo fun! but im getting through it and since my doctors confident in the diagnosis the pokes and prods should be over with for the most part...Just please continue to pray for me as were figuring out meds right now. And thanks for all the prayers so far they have helped out more then i can say. Well my fingers are yelling saying no more typing so im gonna hop off here for now... Love and Blessing to you all...I'll update again soon! TTYL :)

Christmas Blessings!

First I want to wish you all a very Merrrry and Blessed Christmas! I also wanted to share with you my Christmas. It started last friday: in November I picked three families to help for Christmas. One was a family that has two children in the school I volunteer at, then the other two families were people my puperia( a little store in someones house) friend helped me find in the mountains. I spent my time in Nov. buying and getting food, toys, clothes, shoes, ect... then last friday went to deliver it to my the families. It went amazing, the children loved their big stuffed animals, cars, toys, clothes, shoes, ect... I just had a blast taking pictures, spending time with each family, and seeing God's blessings pour out on them this Christmas time!Saturday I went to my second family and did the same. I was soo touched because they decided they wanted to make me tamales, and gave me some family photos of the children to keep. What a blessing- now I'll have pics and memories to last a lifetime, plus new friends here in Honduras! I also just today did Christmas with Casa de Maria- one of the most rewarding, fun , exciting things i think i've done all year! I had soooo much stuff that God helped me get it all there by allowing me to get a taxi right near my house ( very very hard to do by the way). Then it was Christmas time with the kiddos- first they all got dressed up; they put the two little girls becki and maritza in my dresses and shoes i bought them which were perfect fitting and beautiful!!!!! Then they all say around me while I passed out noisey toys, stuffed animals big and small, pop push toy, and elmo/cookie monster vaccum that made noise, shoes, socks, clothes, cookies, diapers, ect... One special thing they did was bring out Anner to celebrate with us: and i had something very special in store for him. I got him this baby bed thingy to lay on the floor for him the had a rhino rattle , plus mom and dad had bought him to rattles to put around his wrists, which he shook and moved and smiled at the noises. It was just a blessing to make him smile and happy! All the children loved the toys,and i know when it's time they will love their coooookies to :) the last thing i put out for them was this long red tunnel...When i did Freddi just started squealing and screaming with excitement! then he took off inside to play. The others are smaller so they were kind of unsure of it, but they would wonder close to it, hit and push it ect... It was one of the best Christmas times ever here in Honduras! It's also my first Christmas without my family so I thought it might be sad and kinda lonely; but Gods blessed me with three days of Christmas', plus my puppy here with me. Plus my friend from my puperia invited me to their house for Christmas eve all night long with her whole family (which no joking lasts ALL NIGHT long) and then Christmas dinner! So that should be fun- just hope my spanish holds up around all her family. Don't want to look dumb in front of all of them...lol...anyways Christmas this year has been more amazing, and fun, and such a blessing. I hope you all feel that way about your Christmas'. And if you never have before try to help someone on Christmas or for Christmas I am telling you it will change your life. It's an amazing feeling to help someone else on such a special day! Well gonna go spend some cuddle time with my Chewy pup since I'll be gone later tonight- so I love you all!
Merrrrrrrry Christmas!! Happpppppy New Year too!! :) Dios Te Bendiga,(God Bless You)

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Just a little chit chat, update....

Hey Ya'll, Hope everyone's doing great. I know your all probablly scurring around busy getting Christmas stuff, and cooking, and traveling to visit family memebers.... I am staying pretty busy to. I got tutoring 2 hours a day, then (and this is my biggest news) I got myself a puppy. His name is Chewy. He is a Boxer mix pup, that's 2 months old. He is an amazing little thing. He is full of energy, and silliness. He loves to play, which means he also loves to bite; but were working on that. I want him to know that won't be going on in my house..No Biting!!!! lol. But hey it'll just take some time, he is only 2 months old, just a baby; my baby chewy pup. I am also collecting the stuff for the families i have been lead to helping this Christmas time. I have been buying clothes, shoes, toys, food, ect... for three families, and Casa de Maria. So thats pretty time consuming, trying to get things together and ready. Remember if you would like to help out with this you can by donating money to NIWG Ministries which i will in turn buy things needed, and when I deliver it all I will be taking pics for all to see. I am very excited for all the things going on in my life at this moment. Gonna buy a little Christmas tree soon, and start listening to some of my favorite songs...Christmas Songs!!! Well thats just a little update of what my lifes been like here lately. So I'll update more later. Keep in touch, and remember I am praying and missing you all very much. God Bless!!!! :)

Exams, Ideas for Christmas, and Internet!!!

Hey again! Hope everyone is doing great today... First big news, well least I am very excited about it. But I have just received internet here at my house! I am sooo excited. That will make it easier to keep in touch with all of you. Plus I am hoping to save some money with not calling the states on my cell as much (man that gets expensive after awhile)...lol, however I will now have internet to pay for--- but I think it is worth it. Anyways, so I am hoping to get emails, keep up on facebook more, and blog more.... So keep an eye out, and you keep in touch with me to. Let me know what's new in your life, church, work, ect... I miss talking to everyone and being around to hang out and stuff. Second - things at school are great. This is exam week and so far so good for my classes. I have 1 more exam today; its for my 5th grade grammar class. I am hoping they do as well as I think they will. :) After graduation (which is coming up next week , I think) then I will be helping do tutoring till classes start again in Feb. It'll be three times a week for like an hour... I think, but you know that can always change depending on the child and what they need help with. I am excited to work more one on one with some of the kids. I will also still keep visiting the children at Casa de Maria too. Speaking of Casa de Maria, that leads into my third thing... I would like to buy presents, stuffed animals , toys, clothes, shoes, ect.. for the kids there. Most do not have someone (family wise) that visits often, if ever.. So I would like this year to be very special. I want to ask the needs from the sisters there and then deliver what I can to them through Christ's blessings and your help. I have a desire to help a family here as well, but I am waiting on which exact family to do this for. One of the sisters who run the school wants to help me find someone in need to help. So I want to throw this out for you all to be apart of. Since its not possible to send me things to give out, if you feel lead to help, please donate whatever God puts on your heart, to NIWG Ministries--- and in the memo just write "Kids Christmas Project" and I will be able to access that in order to buy things here, to make the children and families in need have a better holiday. As well as share with them the love of God on this special day. To also show that I love them and want to make their lives a little easier and happier. I'm hoping this touches someones life and possible if they haven't already lead them to accepting Christ as their Saviour. Plus just to see the smiles and happiness that we can give them through God is the best gift ever! I will try to take pics as well for you guys to see what I bought and so you will be "apart" of the giving to the families and children. I will post them on my facebook. I know Christmas is a time for giving, families visiting, and just a busy time for everyone, but if you will just take some time to think and pray about those (even in the states) that may not have someone to share the holiday's or don't have the money to give their child a special gift, or and this is the most important reason--- may not know the "REAL" reason for Christmas... I think you will realize that its more important then anything to help when you can, follow God's lead and you can't go wrong. I want to get a start on buying things now, while there isn't a mad rush for things, so the sooner the better.
The last thing I wanted to say is that I miss everyone so much... You all are very important to me even if we don't talk all the time, or chat, know that I still think of each one of you, and pray for you daily. I also posted a family/ friends wall in my room: so if you would like to send me a picture for my wall, please send it to my mom and dad as soon as possible. Then they can mail it to me so that I have it by Christmas time, then I can see you for Christmas! I love and miss you all... Keep in touch...God Bless!!!! Talk to you again soooon :)

Happy Birthday to MEEEEE

Hey I wanted to tell you about my birthday... It was awesome, I reallly missssed everyone back home, wished I could be there to celebrate too. But you all were with me in my heart. I had a great day, it started off by going to see my Becki at Casa de Maria. She was sooo giggly and happy that day too. I always have a blast seeing her before I head to school. Then it was school time. When I arrived, some of the teachers ushered me around the corner where the whole school was waiting! They sang happy birthday for me and cheered and hollered too. It was a very nice surprise. Then since I share my birthday with one of my third graders and Ana Penman, one of the ladies who runs the school, we waited for her to come , sang to her all together then the school had 2 special cakes for us three. And man were they gooooood! I then exchanged presents since Adonnis (my 3rd grader ) had a present for me, and I had one for him. So afterwards while I was standing around several of my kids bombarded me with hugs and kisses and presents. I was sooo surprised and excited! They reallly made my day bright and happy! Afterwards we started classes; of course most of my classes we sat around and talked and goofed off. (Hey it was a special day, if you can't slack on your birthday, when can ya?) LOL. Later in the day my 6th graders called me to their classroom to talk for a second. But really it was a party they had done for me and Miss Ana, with yet another cake , soda, and chips.. yummmmmmmmmy! Three cakes in one day, can you ask for anything better...lol. So we listened to music and goofed off some more! Oh forgot to tell you that the whole school every grade put on this show for us three too, where each grade preformed a dance/ song for us and made us sit up front and everything. It was the most coolest thing ever for the kids to do. My last class was cool we actually had class because they wanted to do a party but didn't have time to get all the stuff, so I told them if they reallly wanted to , they could talk about it later, and plan a party for Monday. However I wasn't sure if they really wanted to , so it would still be kinda a surprise if they did. Afterwards I went home to relax and have a movie afternoon/ night. Plus then I went to Ana's house where her mom had made us dinner (tamales) YUMMM...
Some of the best Honduran food- I love tamales!!!! Then Monday came around- It was a very lazy, fun, relaxing birthday weekend... So I figured now was time to get back to work, which in most of my classes we did.... But when I got to my last class it was Party Time!!!! They had brought sodas, a cake (that was blue, with purple roses) my two favorite colors. They also had nachos and cheese, and candy...So let me restate 4 cakes 3 parties and presents , what could be more fun!!!!! Plus it just made my day to be with the kids and know they cared about me enough to do all that for me. I also got cards for my birthday from momma who sent them to me a few days before- so I still got to feel like I was celebrating with you all back home! Thanks again to everyone who sent, they made me feel very special and important on my 26th birthday!!! (man to know I have been on earth for 26years.... if you said I had this car or this whatever for 26 years I'd say wow, thats old..... yikes I think I man be getting older but hey that means more wiser too right?????? LOL well I love you and miss you all, just wanted to share my special day with you, so you knew what was happening here in little ole' Ocotepeque, Honduras.

Classes, Parades, and more Classes...

Hey guys, just wanted to tell you about the school here and the classes I teach, since I haven't been able to update since I got out of the hospital..... The school's name is: My Little Red House Bilingual School. It is a little , cozy, adorable school. It teaches kindergarten to 7th graders. I teach all grades except 4th grade. I mostly teach reading classes in English. My schedule changes from day to day, with a few exceptions. I teach reading to 1st graders (only on Friday) reading to: 2nd, 3rd, and 6th graders throughout the week. Grammar to 5th graders. I teach a journal/ conversation class to the 7th graders. This class is mostly to get them speaking and practicing their English, which I think for being my newest class (I am a week into it) its going great! I am really excited about it. Also M-Th I read a story to kindergarten and the Preparatory class (which are the kids going to first grade next year.) I am enjoying my time here in the school, as well as at Casa de Maria. I have been in two school parades, I carried signs and stuff, it was awesome!!!! And the latest thing I have done was be on tv here, for the school. I was on it with my 7th graders, two of my 1st graders and one of my 3rd graders. Plus the whole 4th grade class.... It was fun, I think the kids really enjoyed their time. Plus it's all in English , so it gets out to the people who live in Ocotepeque that they speak English and shows them what the school is like and how we are helping the kids here. I was sooooooo nervous I thought I was going to puke, but it was good for the kids, so we fought through our nerves and showed all of Ocotepeque what we were made of. I fidgeted alot with the papers I had in front of me, but hey we all got through it and had a blast. Even though my "blast" came from it getting over with...lol.... well just wanted to update you all so you knew what I was doing here, and about all my classes. I will be writing another blog here shortly about my birthday too. It was great! Talk to you sooooooon. Love and Miss U All!!!! God Bless!

Packing & Moving, and the stay in the Hospital...Ocotepeque Here I Come

Hey everyone... here's an update... First I have moved again . This time to the other side of Honduras, Ocotepeque. I will be helping in a school teaching English to many different grade levels. It´s going to be awesome! After classes are over my plan is to help out at an orphanage there working with the babies and young children. I am sooo excited. It´s beautiful here not HOT like in La Masica so you know I´m loving it. We're right against some mountains so its a view to die for. I walk back and forth cause it´s such a small town. So from the school to my house, and to the other orphanage ect...
However the journey to Ocotepeque was by far an adventure, some good and some scary as heck! I ended up getting picked up and loaded everything into their truck to head to the new place, fun, exhausting and exciting.... By the end of the night however when we stopped at a motel I was not feeling so hot, my stomach was in massive pain, and my head hurt, but I thought it was amoebas or something like I had just had, so I tried to ignore it. By morning time I was in so much pain, I couldn't stand it. My head and stomach hurt, I was freezing then hot, had a slight fever which is completely not normal for me, and I was very nauseous and dizzy-like.... They the lady from the new organization and friends, rushed me to their brothers house who is a doctor... (as well as his wife) to get checked out. They immediately gave me meds and an iv...OUCH about an hour later, I was being rushed to the hospital because I had started vomiting very hard, and freezing from the inside out to the point that I was kinda in and out of consciousness... I have never been that cold in my life . I truly thought the worst because of being sooooo cold. I was in the hospital for about 3 days. Which was not fun at all!!!! I had numerous iv´s, and blood work which hurt very badly since they couldn't get blood drawn easily. An ultrasound , x-rays and more blood work just to say yep your staying the night so we can observe you , "we don´t know whats wrong yet". I was then moved from the emergency room to another area with just rows of sick and dying women. It was very scary to say the least. I was given meds through my iv for the time I stayed there, until after 2 or 3 hours of complaining something was wrong (on the third day), they finally really checked out my hand to notice it was red and swollen and infected due to the iv and meds... fun huh! I'm still dealing with that right now, not as bad but still some pain. After the 2 1/2 days there the docs decided they think its gastroenteritis or a severe case of food poisoning. Whatever it really was which we think (gastroenteritis) it hurt very badly, the stay in the hospital was crazy, scary , and a test for sure, however God was there and helped me through it all. I am now in Ocotepeque, loving it, and feeling better day by day. Still got the infection in my hand I'm dealing with and a bad cough but I´m getting there. I start teaching next week, however am at the school most of the day this week to get used to things, and ready for next week. I am thrilled and excited, a little nervous but I know I´ll do just fine. Nothing´s Impossible With God! that´s my favorite quote/saying , I think they are great words for me to live by. They are encouraging, helpful, and a great reminder of how God gets me through everything big or small, moves, or sickness, and how I CAN do anything with Him beside me. Well gotta go for now. I´ll update again soon, (more internet access here)... Till next time...I Love and Miss you all. God Bless!!!

Internet stick means an update .....Yippeee

Hey Y'all what's everyone been up too? I know yet again it's been a long time since I have updated this thing.... I have been pretty busy, with school, adjusting to things here again, sickness and lots of it, and yes unfortunately spiders, even a scorpion (in my room...). First off I guess I should say school's going goood. I mainly teach English to the kindergarten class. I have a bag full of things for them to learn the names of plus I work with the alphabet, numbers, and things I draw on the board for them . Its great, they seem to be learning lots. I have had some of the parents come in saying they go home and tell them-- mommy or daddy this is... in English....which makes me feel happy and proud of my students. Plus it teaches the parents who don't know any English some words too. Second thing I have been up too is being sick. God is helping me cope but it's definitely been hard. I have had 2 sinus infections which are very abnormal for me, I never get them in the states. I have had "amoebas", which for those who may not know are parasites that cause lots of problems and hurt very badly. I am still dealing with stomach issues that right now I ain't sure whats wrong, but I know God will help me through it all. The doctor even said its probably a good thing to be getting sick a little to get used to things here in the food, and water, but I just think at the time I'm missing school (which I hate to do) and this stinks cause it hurts like crazy! My doc at home says because of the accident I was in before coming back to Honduras, my immune system is very low which happens to mean for me, I get just about everything that enters my system, instead of my body fighting it off.... Fun huh? but I'm doing alright..... just got to rely on God to get me through and help me till I feel better! which i know He will. I have also dealt with a few nasty creepy things here since I have been back. Of course Spiders.... which doesn't make my day or night, that's for sure :( thankfully they have mostly been in our bathroom. But the other day for the first time here in Honduras I had a scorpion. He was just a little thing but scared me and my roommates because he was a quick fast little booger. We caught him under a cup , snapped a lot of pics of him then my roommate stomped him to death. Glad she was here cause I didn't want to kill him I was chicken.....lol....anyways it's going alright, I definitely missss home more then I can say. My family, friends, and church , you guys are very important to me, and I think of you all often and pray for you as well. I missss you guys all so much and love you bunches too!!!! I am trying to think of what I am forgetting to tell you about school, being sick, the pesky critters, oh I remember-- we had a group here from Puerto Rico that was awesome~!!! I made some very wonderful friends. They we here to help out doing church events, and working with the children. They were amazing!!!! In fact they want me to go to Puerto Rico to visit but I gotta wait on God's timing and money before I can get the chance to do that. But hopefully I'll get to, someday in the future. Well I'm not sure what I'm leaving out but I'm sure after I end this I'll remember something else so until next time remember I love you alot and so does God! God Bless you all!

My unexpected, but blessed time home...

Hey everyone, hope you all are doing good. I know its been forever since i have updated this thing, but no i haven't forgotten too, just haven't really been up for doing it lately...Been pretty busy. First as most of you know I am in the states right now, (have been since Jan.) I received news last Christmas that my grandfather had a brain tumor and it wasn't looking like it would turn out to be a good outcome, so I decided to fly home with my parents who were visiting me at the time in Honduras. I had a good visit with my grandfather, and that night went to my aunt's house where we were staying that weekend, and decided to have some fun! Well it was fun for a little, here's why.. We decided to go "snow boating" pretty much sledding in a flat bottom boat. Sounds fun huh? It was till we hit a rock and went flying. I knew we were in trouble heading down a huge hill but never saw the rock we hit, i went to jump out and actually got my leg caught due to it being held onto without my knowledge, so what happen was, i flew out of the boat, flew back in it landing on my left side of my back and flew back out and landed on my cousin, which is probably a good thing or else I'd prob. have hit the tree beside us. I got pretty banged up. I hurt my back and twisted things, bruised things all the way to my lungs (which they thought i punctured but thank God i didn't) and the doctor actually thinks i ripped stuff but there wasn't much he could do for me.. i recieved severe wiplash to my neck and i also hurt my arm so bad that i couldn't move it hardly at all, last appointment the doc said i had 60% movement in it, and that id have to stay here another 6 weeks so i have been home since January due to my accident. I can report I'm doing much better, still have lots of swelling and pain but its getting there. I am hoping i will be able to head back to Honduras in May my next doc. appt is April 28th so ill be working my arm, praying and hoping I get the "OK" from him to go back. I can't wait , I really misss Honduras, and my kiddos. Plus school started in Feb. and i was supposed to be the kindergarten teacher's helper or assistant , so I have missed everyday of school so far, which reallly stinks. Plus i have now been home longer then I have been at this new organization (Reachout Orphanage, Proyecto Alcance). But I know God had a reason for me to be home, and one has been realized I know without a doubt God wanted me home for my grandfather, we were able to go visit him and be with him , and as sad as it is to say he passed away, It's kinda weird for me to say this but as sad as it is; it's also peaceful and joyous for me to because I know he's out of pain now. I know that God wanted and gave me the chance to be home with my family for this important time in our lives, when we needed to be together. So its been busy busy busy here for me, and its been goood and bad but God has been with me and my family through everything ,which I'm soo thankful for. On a goood note I have been able to attend 2 very special weddings since i have been home, one of our family friends more family then friends...lol...Kelly and Bryan got married ,as well as I was able even though i was hurt to participate and be the maid of honor for one of my kiddos i taught in Honduras. She moved to the states to marry her one true love who i knew from Honduras because him and his family were missionaries there too. So it was awesome to be with Nilsy and Caleb on their special day. I am looking forward to whatever God has in my future, when i get back to Honduras, I can't wait to see the kids, get into helping out at the school, and church, and just living for God the best I can. It's been a crazy 4 months home, but even through the bad i have felt very blessed for this time home with my parents, friends, and family. I love you all and missss you terribly when I'm gone but God works everything out for a reason and helps out with everything i go through on a daily basis. Life isn't always easy, but remember the old saying when life gives you lemons... make a lot of lemonade and remember God made the lemons, and gave you them to eat/drink for a reason so drink it all in and live life for HIM and it will all work out for the best with Him by your side. Love you all!!!!Sorry for such a long blog this time but i wanted to give you guys a full update on everything... Talk to you again later...God Bless!!!!!

Life here in La Masica....

Hi everyone,
It's been a little bit since i wrote a blog , so I wanted to let you know what all was going on with me , and how I am doing. First things here are going alright. It has been difficult at times, but God has helped me through everything and things here are day to day getting better. I am getting used to how things are done here, and getting to know the children more and more everyday. There isn't school right now so things here have been kind of slower then normal. I have been helping do chores washing dishes, cleaning the kids rooms, sweeping, moping, stuff like that around the orphanage, then other things like going to church everyday, tutoring the children, and filling my free time especially at night with movies, or sleep, or sometimes getting to go to La Ceiba to do shopping for groceries, clothes, and things. I'm thinking things are going to pick up a lot around here with school starting in February. Then we'll get up at 5am go to school, come home, eat lunch, do homework, get ready for church, come home , and go to bed kind a routine.... I am excited to see how things will work out, I think I will be helping out the kindergarten class since I don't know enough spanish to teach all by myself. So I can't wait to see the kids in our class, and what all I'll be doing at the school to help out. I will possible be teaching a tiny bit of english too , from what Dialis said to me the other day. Dialis is the founder with her husband David. I will make sure I update you all when I got more information (sometime in Feb. ) about life here, school ,church things, ect... But for now I'm doing good and just going with the flow of things here. I missssssss you all and hope you 're all doing great whenever you are and whatever you are doing in your lives.
PS. I do have to tell ya's 1 thing quick: My world was shattered the other day to know there's no place in Honduras without BIG GIANT SPIDERS.... There was one hanging over my bathroom door, so nope didn't escape them when i left Tegucigalpa unfortunately. :( It was sooo not funny, but at least that's the only one i have seen so far. God willing I will not see another. :)Well gotta go for now, take care,, and God Bless!!!

My Big Adventure and News…

Hey everybody, wanted to tell you about some very big news with me. I have moved to a whole other part of Honduras, about 8 hours from Tegucigalpa, called La Masica. I am working with Reachout Orphanage or (Proyecto Alcanse) So I am no longer with WGO. I enjoyed my time greatly with World Gospel Outreach, however I felt God calling me away to another ministry and to more children here in Honduras, so I’m following His lead for my life. I am very very excited about this new step here. I had wonderful friends drive me here which was an adventure in itself since my car was packed to the roof with things on the roof too...lol…. but we got here safe and sound. I am enjoying my time here a lot. I can’t tell you how long I'll be here because they don’t do contracts or anything, its until God calls me elsewhere or tells me time to come home or whatever else He may throw my way. We have 17 children here, plus tons of the community children. I live here with the children, plus they have two churches that we attend everyday other then Thursday. Its very neat because they do prayer night, youth night, regular church nights… ect… We are with the kids constantly, so I am very happy about that. We also have a school in the next town over, about 6 miles away that our children plus that communities kids go to. Its sooo beautiful I do missssss living in the mountains but the main reason for that is that it is SOOOOO HOT here, but I’m adjusting , drinking lots of water and bought a fan which is one of my best friends here…lol….But yes we have 16 girls and 1 boy plus some female helpers here , myself, Tim (a north American guy) and the founders David and Dialis. I haven’t yet got to meet her because she is in the states right now, but I can't wait that will happen sometime within the next week. But things are great here. New adventures everyday, learning to get used to the heat, eating new things, working with the kids, and making new and wonderful friends. Just so you know I do not have my own internet so I will not be on very much at all, but Ill try to update my blog as much as I possibly can. But as for facebook, and myspace and email, my mom will be helping me by telling me my emails and things on the other sites so if you have news for me or want to email please do so, I will get to it and respond back as soon as I can. I won't get on often but know I think of you all bunches and misss you all tons!!! I wanted to share my big news with you , and ask you to please remember to keep me in your prayers as I am starting to adjust here, to a new place and new people…and working on my Spanish, which is a BIGGGGG PRAYER for me. As well as just walking with God and trusting Him in all that I do here in Honduras and my everyday life! Well got to go for now, Love you all and talk to you again sooon! God Bless!!!

People go running... and tear gas goes a flying...

So i wanted to tell you all about my adventure, kinda scary, kinda crazy, but an adventure still the same...I thank God for his protection and that He got us out when and where we needed to....
So here it is: i had to go get my trespaso finshed and paid for (the paperwork to put my car in my name) and get my car appraised and inspected to get insurance (which is still in process) so I asked one of the other missionaries here, as well as one of the brigade cordinators wife, to come along... so we could get those things done, have lunch together, and do whatever other things we needed to get done in the city together... the day was going good, got my appraisal done and heading for my trespaso when we see tons of traffic and what was causing it... a Protest, or demoonstration, (in spanish a manifestion) all these people protesting for Mel... i had time to make the comment to the 2 with me saying "man where is my camera" i have been wanting to get pics but never have my camera when i need it" about that time i look up and we were all blown away, because all you could see is 100's of people running right at us...then i realized why, TEAR GAS!!!! i saw the cans go flying and the gas start pouring out, I looked at Rachel who was driving and said we gotta get out of here thats tear gas coming at us ...God put us right where he wanted us to be for safety, cause where no one else could move car wise, we had no curb beside us and an open space enough for rachel to flip my car around and speed out of there...I was sooo relived to know how close we came to tear gas and scared , crazy people....so where heading over this bridge still getting away from all the demonstrators and tear gas, when we all thought we were out of it i rolled down my window cause we needed air, my a/c doesnt work , it was extremly hot, and due to all the adrenaline flowing through us we felt like we were gonna pass out due to the heat... right after i rollled my window down i relaized , that was a BIG mistake cause in came some of the tear gas....NOT FUN! it wasnt nearly as bad as it could have been cause i immediately rolled the windows up- but enough in the car to make our faces /eyes burn pretty badly....and scare me more then anything cause i know tear gas is horrible and painful, We went to one of the hardware stores to get out of the car for a little, hide from the protesters/traffic and make some phone calls, oh and use the bathroom . All i had to wipe off my face with was an antibacterial wipe which i had no clue if it would make things worse or better, but i burned so i had to try it... it helped a tad, i called momma to tell her and calm down some , and then afterwards we checked to see if there were protesters outside, we didnt see anymore so we decided we neeeded to go grab lunch, and finish up what we started off to do, since we were safe. Once i got home and was able to wash my face with cool water, the burning stopped. I was sooo thankful and happy God kept us safe and got us back to the mission house in 1 piece... It could have been so much worse, we saw people running, passing out, carring babies /kids that were crying or coughing due to the gas, all kinds of things . But all i can think of was even though we got some of the gas, we had a perfect place to turn around quick, a place to go into to make calls and hide, and a safe rest of the day in the city and back up the mountain.... As scary as it was and could have been more, God was there in the middle of it, protecting us all the way... It made for a very exciting, scary, and adventurous day in the city by far..And I got my trespaso , appraisal, and inspection done. YEAHHHHH! Now all i need is the insurance paperwork and everything for my car will be done completly (i hope...lol) anyways didnt want this to scare you, im perfectly safe, but I wanted to tell you of my adventures, and remind you to please keep praying for Honduras, they are in turmoil right now due to Mel...but just like God protecting us I know through prayers God can turn this country around too and get them out of this mess, but it's going to take time and lots of prayers. Well that was my crazy, fun , scary, adventure story! Hope everyone is doing great! Let me know what you thought of my story, exciting huh? well Love and misss you all. God Bless!

Mel's Back!!!

Just wanted to inform everyone that the "ousted" ex-president Mel has returned to Honduras and is hiding out in the Brazilian embassy. This has caused riots , demonstrations, and curfews for all of us here in Honduras- however I wanted to reassure everbody I as well as the other missionaries with WGO are doing fine. We are far way enough from the city that were out of harms way, and out of the demonstrations. I do ask for pray for Honduras as a country, because this could get bad, Mel is causing a lot of problems between the Hondurans and sparking anger and rebellion. Which is exactly what he wants to do. Also we have been having like in home arrest kinda curfews , where we are not allowed to leave our houses, which in a way keeps most safe, but cuases problems for those who have to sell tortillas or whatever else to live, or eat that day. Today they actually lifted the curfew from 10am to 4pm so that people could go grocery shopping to be able to eat and get supplies, but its been rough for most which I am sure has caused aggravation and anger for some which in turn causes problems itself. This country needs as much prayer as we can get. Pray that they can capture Mel and end this safely and quickly. Pray that no other countries try to get involved and cause this problem to worsen. Also for all the people of this country in general. For the hunger/homeless, for the unsaved to find Christ, and for all the otehr issues people daily have to live with.(nasty water, sickeness, abuse, ect...)
I thought it was nessecary to inform you all on what is going on and to let you know I am doing perfectly fine, safe and sound, and to ask you all to please pray with me for everythign I have discussed. I love and missssss you all back home, and want to thank you for your prayers! God Bless !!!! (I will try to update on the situation here when i can so just keep checking back periodically...I also try to inform my parents with any new information, so if you have questions that aren't answered here- they may be able to answer them...)
-lots of love and prayers-

It's been awhile...

Hey everybody, sorry its been awhile, I've have been keeping busy since i have been back ...I don't have much to tell about , so I figured I'd just let you all know what all I have been doing and how I am doing . First I am doing good. I recently hurt my ankle a few weeks ago but it seeme to be healing slowly, but surely. Hopefully in the next few weeks I'll have no more pain at all in my ankle and it'll be comepltely healed up. I have been doing several things here at the mission house, since I have been back from furlough. I worked on two different brigades. Which was awesome! I met and worked with wonderful people that I will never forget, Plus got to work with some friends of mine who came which was a great and fun experience :) I also have went up to the new mission house with another staff memeber here and we put up installation. It was something different I hadn't done before and very itchy, but I was glad to be able to help as much as possible. I have been doing odds and ends around here since then , I have worked on organizing files for when we move to the new mission house, destroying old files, helping go through donations, and learning to work on excel, which is very new for me.... So overall I am staying pretty busy, but having a good time serving where I can.
I do have a prayer request for you . I would like to ask you all to be praying for me and with me, about some decions I need to make. I dont want to go into alot of detail just yet, but I will after lots of prayers and descion making on my part. I know God has a plan and a purpose, and that prayer will be the best and only way to figure out what I need to be doing and what God has in store for me :)
I reallly misss you all back home, and pray and hope that everything is going good for you all! I do want to remind you all that if theres anything you need me to pray for you can email me and let me know. God answers prayer and prayer works. Also keep in touch with me whenever you can I enjoy reading your emails and being able to communicate with you all. As i will try my best to do the same.
Well i think that's about it right now. Just wanted to give you an update on things here in Honduras. Dios Te Bendiga (God Bless )!!!!
Talk to You Again Soooooon!

Back in Honduras...

Hey everybody, just wanted to let everyone know, I am safely back in Honduras and doing great! Not much going on as far as work goes right now, since we havnt had a brigade since i have been back due to issues going on with the president here. Please be in prayer for Honduras , there are several thigns the country is dealing with, and things could get very bad for the people here. As for my safety God is in control of that, and we're keeping an eye on the news and embassy sites which is about all we can do, but as for now were fine here, and nothign has been said to leave or anythign else, just please be in prayer that things do not escalade, and turn bad. I would hate it for the country and the people of Honduras! They need our love , support, and prayers as they deal wiht this crisis in their country.

I did however get to go to our new mission house site the other day adn help inventory items , as well as got to help out with giving dontated clothes and shoes to the workers which was very neat, adn a wonderful experience. We gave out Bibles shirts, shoes, and pants to the workers which i know was greatly appreciated, i enjoyed being able ot be there as that was gogin on and felt very blessed to be called to serve here in Honduras!

Well not much more to share right now but I will keep in touch as much as possible espcially when there are brigades here... I love and misss oyu all very much! God Bless! talk to you again very sooooon :)

Hi Again!!!! Some awesome news i want to share.

Hey everybody, just wanted to update my blog and let you know a few things quickly...
First is that the last semester of school is winding down here fast, only about 5 more weeks left. Graduation is the 12th of June , and I am very excited for it. My roommate is graduating (YEAHHH Abby)! Also it means then I'm 2 days away from coming home, which I'm super excited about and ready for.... Second thing I wanted to let you all know , is you may have seen it in the WGO newsletter about the fact that they are looking for a new preschool teacher, and yes they are its not a mistake or anything. I have been praying for quite awhile about some things that God has laid on my heart. One of those things is that I feel like He is leading me to work on the brigade side of WGO. So I looked into it, even got to do a week long brigade not to long ago, as well as prayed prayed ,and prayed some more. God has opened the door for me to be able to go and work on the mission house side of things doing the brigades , so I am very happy. I will be starting that as soon as i arrive back in Honduras (after furlough). So I will not be coming back to the ranch as a teacher. I am not quite sure of what I will be doing exactly for the brigades..but I will write a blog about it as soon as i know for sure. I have heard that they would like me to be a helper loading and setting up as well as possibly working alot of my time with the children's section of the brigades. Teaching them about Jesus and His story, as well as singing and worshipping Him, and also checking and washing their hair for lice... I enjoyed working with them sooo much while i did the week long brigade so to hear i may be doing that most of the time makes me very excited....I am sooo thankful to God and all those who have helped me get where i know I am supposed to be. God has worked everything out and I am thrilled to start this new adventure with Him. However I do ask for your prayers in this , its new, and I'll be way more on my own then i am at the ranch so i wont lie it's a little scary for me to, but mostly awesome exciting news.... So like i said i will definitely let you all know what exactly i will be doing once i get back and settled in and have that all worked out. But I wanted to inform you all so you didn't see that they were looking for a preschool teacher and wonder why.....Thanks again for all your support and prayers . You don't know what they mean to me. I couldn't do this without them. I love you all and miss you alot, but Ill see you very sooooon...June 14th, wooohooo!!!!! Well until next time talk to you later, and God Bless!!!!

An Update

Hey everyone, sorry its been so long this time... Nothing much has been going on lately to write about., Things here in the cave are going good. I reallly miss everyone alot- but heres some great news: I will be coming home for furlough June 14th and staying there till July 20th. So please if you have some time and want to visit let me know . I will be going to all my different church supporters to share with them about what i do and how its going here, so if your interested let me know and i can tell you where and when I'll be speaking. I am soo excited, and very ready for it to be June,. Right now on my free time I have been just getting my presentation stuff done and ready for when i get home.
Also another thing going on here is in a week is that we have Semanta Santa (which is Easter ) Its what they call their Easter break. I will be visiting friends of mine for two days here in Honduras. Then i havent quite made plans yet for the rest of the week we have off.... I may try to visit with others or just stay home , work on furlough stuff, and rest...both sound great to me :) Anywas I just wanted to give you a little update aboutm whats going on with me, what is coming up and things like that. Well guess I'll be going now! I love and miss and pray for you all. Please keep in touch when you get a chance. God Bless!

The Cave....

Hey everyone.... Hope your all doing good. I just wanted to let you all know about whats new with me. I have been soooo busy lately its not even funny. The biggest change that's happen is I am no longer living in the teachers staff housing. I and Abby Schultz one of the teens here who is leaving in June for college in the states have moved into what we call the "cave". The cave is the bottom part of one of the other houses. Its a tiny apartment, I have decided to move in here with her, to help her prepare for life on her own away from her parents and everything she is used to. I believe this is one specific reason God has called me to here. I remember telling my parents awhile back i felt very lead to be able to help Abby somehow and so i figured it was with teaching but obviously God had bigger plans that goes beyond just teaching her in school, because here we are...Pretty much I'm living here with her to mentor here and help her learn how to do things on her own such as groceries, saving money, bills, ect.... Please be in prayer for me though because as great as this is, to help her and do what God wants me to... its very hard for me in particular because this house were living in has LOTS of big spiders in fact there's nests around the house that previous teachers who lived her try to bomb and kill but it didn't work...So you know me and spiders not a good combination at all. In fact last night we had a very bad night with them. the first night we had a problem or saw any since our cleaning before we moved in. We were watching a movie together when i went to get up and when i put my foot down on the floor i saw something jump. Well that something was a huge spider. Now normally i say huge for little ones, but this spider was the size of my hand...So it reallly was huge. Abby my hero, killed it with this giant flyswatter i bought. But about an hour later when we were looking to see where it might have come from , i went to our bedroom to look, saw nothing and was about to go back to the living room when i saw something move by the light switch and yepp there it was again...another one the same type but smaller... that was it, i lost it screaming and crying. It took me 2 hours of crying and almost getting sick to calm down and relax some. We ended up leaving the light on just to keep me calm. and after staying up almost all night since i was to terrified to sleep, i finally fell asleep at around 6ish this morning. I slept till like 10:45am and then started my new day, and so far so good....God willing i wont see any more spiders for quite awhile because I'm really not sure how I can handle much more of them after last night. But God kept me safe and gave me someone who will kill them so I know he's got a plan for us here and hopefully they just don't involve to many of my nightmarish friends.....I HATE SPIDERS!!!!!!! Anyways just wanted to share my news with you all, to ask for your prayers, and to let you all know how much I LOVE and MISS you. I hope God is continuing to work in your lives and blessing you daily. Please keep in touch. God Bless! Talk to you again soon.

Graduation, Holidays, and Stones....

Hey everybody….
I just wanted to update you all on things going on around here at the ranch. To start off with first, we had graduation back in Nov. for two of the seniors here Oscar, and Nilsy. (which I taught public speaking too) I am so excited for them, and was very impressed with all that they learned and their speeches they gave for graduation. I am very sad to see them leave Oscar moves to the bridge house in Jan. and Nilsy already is at the bridge house. But I’m excited to see them start a new journey in their lives.

Next we had thanksgiving at the mission house with all the WGO staff. I was very nice we had tons of yummmmmy food- and had plenty of good company and laughs. Plus they had a place to watch football, make free phone calls, play with the little ones , and the view from the mission house is amazing . I got to look out over the mountains and city and realize how grateful I am to be here in Honduras , teaching , learning new things, and growing closer to God everyday. So it turned out to be a very nice thanksgiving day.

The next thing I wanted to share is ‘Christmas” – all of us single girls decided to do a secret santa and we actually did it in Nov before Jae and Brett left for the states (they are getting married so they went home to prepare for it –). So thast what we did. So actually even though its technically not Christmas yet to me it kinda feels like Christmas is already over- but it was still very nice to have a tree that’s all decorated, plus stockings we hung on our wall- we also have all been listening to Christmas music and watching Christmas movies together so its been very nice holidays for me here in Honduras. I got a very fuzzy, warm blanket from my secret santa which turned out to be Kelly (one of my roommates). Plus a very awesome calendar. So I enjoyed our holiday time together- I will miss not being with everyone at home for the holidays but know that my thoughts and prayers are with you all- I hope and wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

The last thing I wanted to share is to ask you all to be in prayer for me and my health. I have been struggling for about 3 months now not feeling well and having lots of pain in my stomach and back- Well last Tuesday Jennifer, Hannah, and Sarah rushed me to the emergency room thinking it was my appendix- and thank God it wasn’t and there was no need for surgery- but the doctors did figure out that I have kidney stones- so I have been drinking tons of water…and praying that I’ll get better here very soon!
My pain is off and on but I think that I am starting to feel better- so well see. Guess water will be a close friend of mine from now on- because kidney stones hurt beyond belief. So learn from me…Drink water!!!! Lots of it…LOL

Well just wanted to update you all about what’s going on with me here, and all the new things happening around the holidays. I love , miss, and pray for you all. Keep in touch as much as possible- I love hearing from you . I will write again soon. Till then God Bless, and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!