Feliz Navidad...Feliz Navidad :)

It's December and that means we have a whole 3 weeks vacation to rest, relax and celebrate the birth of Christ. We are so happy for the break. There's Christmas cheer at school, in the city and even in our house...Pictures from the Christmas Concert at School. And yes, a small group of us sang Christmas Carols acapella - it was beautiful.

We're ready!

Nelly

Cia

Ladies in Red - Kadian and Emliy

Angels from Primary

Beautiful

Christmas is in the Air

Too Cute!

Getting Ready to Sing :)

Enjoying the rest of the night

Posing in one of the decorated classrooms

All I Want for Christmas Is You :)

Couldn't resist posing by the decorated board

Miz Twinz with some 9th Graders

The Fantastic Four relaxing and watching the concert

Nelly and Cia

Muchas Cosas - Noviembre a Diciembre

It's unbelievable how time has passed so quickly. Its December already and we have been here for 4 months. We have been super busy...too busy to blog but still wanted tho update everyone on all that's happened on nuestra gran aventura. It has been exhausting, interesting but fun and most of all rewarding. Here's a look at what we have been up to...

Feliz Cumpleanos a Ashley

All smiles around the tree

Now a True Honduran Fan

Cia's try at Guyanese Roti (yum yum)

The Full Meal - Being Vegetarian Ain't So Bad :)

Siguatepeque...Cheque Leque!

We went on a church trip to the municipality, Siguatepeque, about 30 minutes outside of Comayagua City. We, the missionaries, were asked to sing special music. Unfortunately, the week was so busy and we didn’t have time to prepare anything. We were a bit worried about what we should sing, especially since we were going to a Spanish speaking church and we don’t know many Spanish songs. In additon, it was just the three of us (Nelly stayed home, sick with the flu). At the end, we decided on the hymn “Going Afar” and a Spanish song “Cambiame.” I think the angels sang with us because it sounded so beautiful. The service was so rich and we were pleasantly surprised at how well Walter delivered the sermon.

It was an all-day trip. We were given a delicious lunch, went to a nature park and then put on the AY program. They even treated us to some desert in the evening. All in all a great day! We love Siguatepeque and can’t wait to go back.

The group from Comayagua

The guys
Paul, Edward, David, Kyle and Walter

Go away - its our turn.

Darcia and Effie

Creepy - reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds"

Had to get another pic

At the nature park

Fun!

Kathy and Emily

Taking a seat
Effie, Darcia and Kadian

Silly faces :)

More silly faces :)

Todos amigos

Las Champas

The words mean tents and this is an annual celebration at the school which features traditional and dances. Each of the secondary classes were in charge of setting up tents representing different areas of Honduras. We were really excited because we were asked to work with the ninth grade to represent Bay Islands. Our task would be to provide hair braiding. Unfortunately, the rains came down and washed out our plans. But the show had to go on and despite the weather ,we were treated to good food and beautiful dancing.

Practicing some twist rows on Emily and cornrows on David

Giving Claudia a brand new look

Emily and Kadian munch on delicious treats

Amigas enjoying la noche

Dancers in action