A lot has happened since my last post...

Mel Zelaya attempted to return to Honduras...or did he? I have heard stories that he wasn't even on the plane that attempted to land in Tegucigalpa last week. Whether it was him or not on the plane, it caused a lot of chaos, his supporters tried to storm the airport, causing one death, the airport was closed part of the week, flights were cancelled or rescheduled. Peaceful marches were held by those in support of Democracy. Nicaraguan troops were stationed at the border of Honduras and Nicaragua. Stories were aired on CNN .....stories, that's a good name for them because there wasn't much truth in them.

Some people are still calling this a coup, however it was not. And it seems that some people in the United States are beginning to see the truth in that.

The world has been against the people of Honduras and the current government. I have cried with my friends here and rejoiced with them as well, as it looks like the U.S. Senate is seeing the truth!

While all this was going on, I had two people staying with me and working with the kids at Ruach. Helen Jackson from Restoration Church and MaryBeth Treece from Heritage Family Church arrived the day before Zelaya was removed from office. They have had a lot of excitement while they were here. We had several days of no electricity, a night with no electricity (which meant no lights, no fans to keep you cool)...one morning with only trickles of water....and many days of watching Spanish news trying to tell what was going on in the country. They were awesome! I never heard either of them complain about the heat, the lights, the water, or fear over what was going on! God was totally with them and leading them during their time here!

They taught a dance to the kids at Ruach. The kids love it! They also climbed up a mountain in Bokeem and spent the day with Helen's friend Doris and a group of children that she ministers to, teaching them about the Bible and God's love. For safety, Helen and MaryBeth took two of our highschool boys with them, and one was so touched by what he saw he wants to take his father, who is a doctor, up there to help with the many needs he saw. It was an awesome experience for them all!

Yesterday Helen was supposed to fly out of Honduras, but there was a demonstration on the highway on the way to Tegucigalpa, which blocked the way and she was unable to get to the airport. She changed her flight to today, and she was able to get to the airport, and is probably in DFW at this moment!

MaryBeth was picked up by another group and headed to San Pedro Sula at 6:00 a.m. today to meet up with some of her family and the rest of a team who are coming in to work on a church in San Pedro Sula this week.

I had to say good-bye to my students yesterday...even though it is only for 2 weeks I felt sad leaving them. Making sure they have goals to push them while I am gone those weeks, and put them into Patty's hands to keep up with their homework and take care of my "babies" while I am gone!

Monday morning....early early morning....I will head to Tegucigalpa to fly to DFW and then Tuesday start the drive to Ft. Benning, GA to go and see Joshua!

I am very excited about getting to see Joshua!

I will post pictures here and on Facebook so be watching for pictures of my son the soldier!

I am praying for Honduras today! On my knees! I have not been updating this blog, there has been so much talk and communication on Facebook and email concerning the current political situation in Honduras.

Here is an excellent blog which has been translating things into English and posting some great and truthful stories about the situation and about Mel Zelaya.

http://lagringasblogicito.blogspot.com/

Zelaya is expected to return to Honduras today. There are peaceful marches being held all over the country by anti-Zelaya Hondurans....Peaceful....the trouble comes from those who are marching in support of Zelaya.

I am getting ready to pick Carol up and head to the base for chapel this morning. Leaving a little early because there is a peaceful march planned for Comayagua this morning, which may or may not spill out into the highway, so we may need a little extra time to get to worship this morning.

Please pray for this country! Please understand that what occured WAS NOT A COUP! It was a legal removal of a criminal.....the Honduran government, congress and supreme court, followed the constitution to remove a man who was acting and doing things that were against the law according to the Honduran Constitution.

Please pray for this country, for the people of this country, for peace and safety. Please pray that the eyes of the rest of the world would be opened and the truth would be made known. Please pray that the Honduran government currently in place can stand up under the pressure it is receiving from the rest of the world!

PRAY FOR HONDURAS!

What a great compliment!

Earlier this week we had a large group of gringos come to the school to do a drama for the kids. So they had all the elementary kids in watching the drama. When they came back to the Learning Center, Gabriel, one of my 6^th graders was talking about the group. He said “ Miss that was a lot of gringos! I could tell they were all Gringos, you can smell them.” I said “you can smell them? “ he said “Yes Miss gringos smell different than we do.” I asked him “do I smell? What do I smell like?” He told me (and this was such a compliment!) “Miss, you have been here too long, you are one of us now, you don’t smell like a gringo” AWWW how sweet! I smell Honduran!

I was telling Annette tonight, she said it’s probably because all the gringos smell like Off! HA HA HA!!! She is probably right!