The First Day

Ok, the first post I gave was quite simple. It was meant to hold you over for a few days while we adjusted to Honduran life and got settled in, but I had better start blogging more before y'all get restless...

The airplane ride went good for everyone. We bought 5 out of the 6 seats that were on our side of the plane and since no one wanted to sit in that other seat, Nathanael was able to use it. :-) During the plane ride, Levi almost learned to chew gum; he was able to keep it in his mouth for several minutes (but not more than 10) before swallowing it. The arrival at the airport went flawless; we had no trouble with customs. There was a porter who was helping me get our luggage, we wanted $20 to help us load and move our luggage! I gave him about $10 since we had lots of luggage, but I still think that that was too much...oh well, I'm still learning.

We arrived at our destination in Tegucigalpa safely. Some other missionaries whom we knew were flying back to the States on the same plane that we came in on. We waved at them through the glass wall. We were raced through the streets of Tegucigalpa in typical Honduran style (more about that in another post) by a nice Christian man named Danillo...he has been our chauffeur even though he lives at least 30 minutes away, so we walk as much as we can.

The "apartment" that we are staying at is furnished nicely. It resides at the back of main house and is primarily used as a meeting room for Bible studies. We have use of a kitchen, a dining room, and our sleeping room is a large upper room (not furnished, though it does have carpet). Once we dropped our suitcases, we explored the new place. There is a very nice, small courtyard with a small patch of grass and mango tree that offers shade to the courtyard most of the day. I was able to quickly establish an internet connection and immediately you wonderful people started contacting us with requests for Skype calls and more. I had to cut some of you off and ignore your calls...sorry, we were exhausted. We went to bed early. The morning and the evening were the first day.

-Taylor