Do all to the glory of God...

Are you ready for my shortest post ever? I've been having trouble sleeping this week and I'm exhausted but obviously not sleeping yet... Also I'm not adding any pictures to this post - but they're all on my Facebook page!

OK - Here goes! David was here this last week. We all went to San Pedro to pick him up (about a 2 hours drive). We also got some shopping done while there. I bought everything I needed to make my own Chai concentrate. More on that later! Since I was still doing school with the kids while David was here, we couldn't take off for a few days and just hit the beach - which would have been lovely ,but I think we still had a good time :D. Over the weekend we went to a nearby barrio - Balibrea- and helped a missions team hand out stoves (I mentioned this in my last post). We had a good time walking through the barrios and made some new friends. Sunday was church, of course, and I had fun introducing David to all my friends there. I translated the service for him which was challenging, but really good practice! We took Tuesday off  to go hiking and bird watching at a nearby national park. On Wednesday afternoon we went downtown and spent some time wandering around and shopping with some of my friends. I love just spending time in cities around people. We went out for baleadas (delicious honduran food) and then went to Bible study. It was pretty low key, but I enjoyed just getting a chance to share what my life is like down here with David.

I did some ambitious crafty things in the last week and a half. I made some vases out of light bulbs. I thought it would fail miserably, but it worked fantastically! I also made my own Chai concentrate, which is black tea boiled with lots of spices. The reviews were good :D- everyone loved it. I definitely plan on making more in the near future :D.

Yesterday, I got to play Ultimate Frisbee. This made me deliriously happy. I love playing and I hadn't played since August. As we were walking down the dusty street after the game, I took a deep breath and with a huge smile said "This is just how life should be!" AND we went out to dinner afterwards - baleadas again :D. The group I played with (mostly N.American teachers and our pastor's family) is thinking of trying to get a game together each week. That would be AWESOME. The weather down here is absolutely perfect for it. I'm sorry to those of you in the USA who got snow this week...

Today was a make-up school day so we did school all morning, then I got a wonderful call. "Christine, we're headed to the pupusa party -did you want a ride?" YES OF COURSE I DID!! Pupusas are made by making dough out of corn flour, filling it with Honduran cheese, flattening it out and cooking it. They are SO yummy. I love Honduran food in general.

Lastly, in the last couple weeks Emma and I started playing Family Feud on Facebook. While I am embarrassed to admit this....it's been a good bonding experience :D Also we made up some hilarious jokes this week that I cannot possibly explain. You'd have to live here :P. AND today the kids and I read/translated part of a Spanish comic book about Hercules....good times!

I've been feeling a little restless and homesick this week, but otherwise things are going really well! Thanks for reading. Love you all!!

1 Corinthians 10:31 "Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God"