june 23rd

After a little more then 19 hours in the air, I have made it to Copan! Honduras is a beautiful country and I am so blessed to get to experience this. So far the things that have stood out to me are, free roaming cattle and horses, they will just like be walking up the side or middle of the road with no feces or people watching them, and also the people seem more free spirited, the way they drive is crazy, I saw guys hanging out windows, people packed into the back of trucks, people jumping out of busses while they are still moving. I saw a bus stop and people ran up to it with baskets of stuff to sell to the people on board, the currency is really cool it is called lumpa sp*.

It is very mountainous and green and lots of trees and rivers and farms, Copan is surrounded by coffee farms so I am excited to drink lots of great amazing coffee. The food here so far has been amazing, I have only had an orange and what I was told is the equivalent to the hot dog in America, of course it is not a hot dog, but they said it is eaten commonly like a hot dog is, it was a tortilla with black bean some cheese and egg in it, and it was amazing! The place where we at this was in a persons house, Its like a restaurant that the locals would eat at, they have “normal” restaurants also but I have not seen one yet. I am excited to experience more of the local food and customs here.

We (interns) are staying in a three-bedroom apartment on this really cool property that apparently has a monkey living on it, we heard him making lots of noise when we first got here. There are 4 girls, three of which are from Colorado and one from Canada! Then three boys, myself and the other two are from Argentina and El Salvador, so we have a great mix of people from the Americas! The three boys are sharing a room that has two beds and the girls are split between the other two rooms. We only have one bathroom which I feel won’t bother me at all because I am used to that ☺.

The city is peaceful and small, it is very hilly and has a lot of stone roads, the people who drive are nuts and will fly right past you, but that is how it is here so you just can’t get hit. I was told the only driving rule is “don’t hit the person in front of you” which I like.
There are lots of kids here and they love outsiders and will run up and say hi right when they see you, and everyone seems really friendly.

I am already being challenged with Spanish, a majority of the people here know English so communication has not been a challenge yet. The two male room mates I have 1st language is Spanish so they have been correcting me on all my attempts at the Language, I feel I will have it going in a couple of weeks.

The summer camps are done in English and we are supposed to speak to the kids in English so that they can practice, but that won’t stop me from trying my best to learn a new language while I have this opportunity! God is amazing and I cannot believe that I am here after a year of planning! It is so exciting!