Bonfire

It has been a pretty laid back weekend thus far. Last night we enjoyed a nice bonfire with a bunch of friends sitting back cooking marshmallows, hot dogs and sausages. We then went out to the top of a hill and watched the stars for a while it was a pretty nice night overall. Today so far has consisted of sleeping in and catching up on the news.

For those of you who read this and were worried about my stove problems they have been resolved. Some electrical tape and someone who actually knew what they were doing made the situation go away.

As for a few quick updates I am currently planning on being back in the United States at the end of February to do some more recruiting I will be in the Iowa and Illinois area I think the most. We are doing some planning for our spring vacation trip currently me and a bunch of the La Union teachers are planning a trip to go to Nicaragua and Costa Rica. On the agenda hiking volcanoes, bungee jumping, and some islands. I don't have much to complain about I would say. I can't believe it is almost February already. Specially when it is a beautiful warm and sunny day here.

Burned out stove

Tonight started out like any other night. Till I started cooking myself dinner. I would say I was about half way through cooking my dinner when a mini fireworks display came out from underneath my stove. I am not genius but I figured out quite quickly this was a bad thing. After the fireworks were over I tried very cautiously to turn on my stove but nothing happened. After I looked behind my stove I realized that my wires were burned through. This is probably a bad sign. So I currently have a half cooked dinner that isn't really edible sitting on my counter. I am not real sure what I should do I am pretty hungry but cooking food currently isn't possible. I am kind of in one of those moods that all I have left to do is blog about my problem because everything else is already closed up here. So yeah... life could be worse but I am just not thrilled with my current situation. Its amazing how important two little burners are to my survival. Well I guess that is all.

Its Cold

Alright so its Honduras and I am currently wearing under armor, a t shirt, my button up shirt and a winter jacket. This is so not supposed to be Honduras. To top it off I tried to put some oil in a pan to cook but it wouldn't come out because it is hard and to cold. So much for the warm tropics. We started playing some table tennis so we are going to have a pretty great team for SAG as well so I am looking forward to the competition. The kids have really gotten into it. I just checked the weather and it says we are at a strong 50 degrees. Now if only there was heat for the house.

Well this is the New Year

It is officially 2010 and I am back in La Union. As I left Michigan I was bragging to my parents how I was going to be sitting in my hammock with the sun shining on me. This isn't exactly the case. The weather is quite chilly right now and it is has been this constant drizzle here. So the sun isn't shining and I am not in my hammock however, life here is good. As I began to try to get into the swing of things we started reviewing in my classes because I felt like my kids forgot everything. What is exciting though is we began to prepare for SAG. For those of you who don't know this is a yearly event when our kids go to Tegucigalpa and compete in everything from Soccer and Basketball to Sudoku and Rubix Cube. Its a great event and our kids look forward to it a lot. This year I am working on ping pong as well as debate and volleyball with my kids. They are quite excited. If any of you girls read my blog from Gracias just to let you know I tell my kids all that matters is that we beat Gracias haha. Last night I had some friends over and we made empanadas and hung out and talked. It was really quite a pleasant night. Tonight we have a concert with people from all over this community so it should be an entertaining night. I am also working on preparing my United States recruiting trip so if you are interested or know of anyone who is interested in working for our schools please get in contact with me or have them get in contact with me it is really a great opportunity to serve. Feliz Ano Nuevo y Dios Bendiga