We went to the post office yesterday and I didn't have any mail so you should probably send me some.
My address is
Apartado 15005 CP 11105
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
I would appreciate mail :)
I am still alive and doing well.
You can pray for Melanie, she has a little bit of a cold and is going through stage 2 of culture shock. So you could send her mail too.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Merry Christmas from Honduras!
H People!
I have been in Honduras for almost a month now! Sorry I have not updated sooner. We are super busy!
We have Spanish classes Monday through Friday 8am to 12pm. And that will last until the end of January. After Spanish class 3 days a week we do language rout. I go with Carey and we have established a rout around Kennedy where we talk to people along the way. We have a little text book to guid us through a simple conversation. This experience was not fun and really hard the first couple weeks. Most of the time Carey would have to take over the conversation because she know way more Spanish than I do. It is getting a little easier now that I know a little more Spanish and we know the people we are talking to a little better. I enjoy talking to Norma. She has a little table that she sells odds and ends off of and she gives us smarties. :)
Something that I really noticed since I'v been here is how much we take talking forgranted. In PA I would usually have to be forced to talk in a big group (although I was getting better at it). Here there is so much I want to say but don't have the words to say it. Don't take talking forgranted, be glad you can speak to the people you know and that they can understand what you are saying. If you have something that needs to be said you should say it.
I love the Hermanos en Cristo Iglesia here. It is a huge church! They have a couple of school buses that go around to pick up people to bring them to church. Worship is amazing! Everyone gets so excited! And they pretty much clap the whole way through the 45 minutes of worship. From my experiences in the States, if I remember corectly, it is hard to get people to clap the whole way through one song let alone the whole way through worship!
I love my honduran family. Walter and Audely are my perents. They are really cool and Audely is super pretty. My brothers and sisters are: Diego - 9 years, Sofia - 3 years, and Elias - 14 months. Sofia and Elias love to hang on me and come in my room to play with and take my things. I especially have to keep an eye on Elias. He loves to come in my room and climb on my suitcases.
I am kinda disappointer that we don't have more refried beans and rice. I have eaten so many things I wouldn't have touched in the States praying that I don't throw up. haha They make tons of tamales around Christmas. I never ate one in the states before but Ben said that these are nothing like the ones in the States. I had one for breakfast yesterday. It was pretty gross. I wouldn't want to eat one of those for supper let alone breakfast. I am very thankful for the mornings I can have corn flakes and a banana.
The other day as I was getting my Christmas presents ready for my family I found a gift bag that my mom sent along with me that had a tag on it that said "To: My loving wife From: Sam". Grandma Stoner probably never thought that her grand daughter would one day take that bag to Honduras and give a gift to her Honguran family in it... The tag in now displayed above my bed and the bag was given to my family with a gift in it.
A couple things you can be praying for:
*That my team and I would learn Spanish fast!
*Relationships would continue to be built with Hondurans
*Safety as we are out and about
*Good health ( I don't know if I have a super long cold, allergies, a reaction to my room being damp, or what but I have to keep taking cold medicine.)
*That the girls couls start to blend in a little. I don't know if this is possible though (how do you think I would lok with black hair?) I am getting used to the really long lous kissing noises and can usually laugh it off but it does get annoying sometimes.
Well I am going to call my family now. So I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
I love you all!
I have been in Honduras for almost a month now! Sorry I have not updated sooner. We are super busy!
We have Spanish classes Monday through Friday 8am to 12pm. And that will last until the end of January. After Spanish class 3 days a week we do language rout. I go with Carey and we have established a rout around Kennedy where we talk to people along the way. We have a little text book to guid us through a simple conversation. This experience was not fun and really hard the first couple weeks. Most of the time Carey would have to take over the conversation because she know way more Spanish than I do. It is getting a little easier now that I know a little more Spanish and we know the people we are talking to a little better. I enjoy talking to Norma. She has a little table that she sells odds and ends off of and she gives us smarties. :)
Something that I really noticed since I'v been here is how much we take talking forgranted. In PA I would usually have to be forced to talk in a big group (although I was getting better at it). Here there is so much I want to say but don't have the words to say it. Don't take talking forgranted, be glad you can speak to the people you know and that they can understand what you are saying. If you have something that needs to be said you should say it.
I love the Hermanos en Cristo Iglesia here. It is a huge church! They have a couple of school buses that go around to pick up people to bring them to church. Worship is amazing! Everyone gets so excited! And they pretty much clap the whole way through the 45 minutes of worship. From my experiences in the States, if I remember corectly, it is hard to get people to clap the whole way through one song let alone the whole way through worship!
I love my honduran family. Walter and Audely are my perents. They are really cool and Audely is super pretty. My brothers and sisters are: Diego - 9 years, Sofia - 3 years, and Elias - 14 months. Sofia and Elias love to hang on me and come in my room to play with and take my things. I especially have to keep an eye on Elias. He loves to come in my room and climb on my suitcases.
I am kinda disappointer that we don't have more refried beans and rice. I have eaten so many things I wouldn't have touched in the States praying that I don't throw up. haha They make tons of tamales around Christmas. I never ate one in the states before but Ben said that these are nothing like the ones in the States. I had one for breakfast yesterday. It was pretty gross. I wouldn't want to eat one of those for supper let alone breakfast. I am very thankful for the mornings I can have corn flakes and a banana.
The other day as I was getting my Christmas presents ready for my family I found a gift bag that my mom sent along with me that had a tag on it that said "To: My loving wife From: Sam". Grandma Stoner probably never thought that her grand daughter would one day take that bag to Honduras and give a gift to her Honguran family in it... The tag in now displayed above my bed and the bag was given to my family with a gift in it.
A couple things you can be praying for:
*That my team and I would learn Spanish fast!
*Relationships would continue to be built with Hondurans
*Safety as we are out and about
*Good health ( I don't know if I have a super long cold, allergies, a reaction to my room being damp, or what but I have to keep taking cold medicine.)
*That the girls couls start to blend in a little. I don't know if this is possible though (how do you think I would lok with black hair?) I am getting used to the really long lous kissing noises and can usually laugh it off but it does get annoying sometimes.
Well I am going to call my family now. So I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
I love you all!
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