This past week was our first full week back in Honduras. The week held lots of unexpected events.
Dorian had planned on going to Nicaragua for a week to help there in the church. He and some of the youth group headed out on Monday morning. When they got the border he found out that some of the papers of the youth group had were expired and were unable to pass the border. So plans to go to Nicaragua abruptly came to an end and were back here in Santa Ana that afternoon.
Then on Tuesday Dorain headed to town with those who had to go to the dentist appointments and those who had Teleton appointments. He had 8 of the kids so he took the van so there would be enough room. Shortly upon leaving Santa Ana he realized that the gas light was on and he didn't think much of it and he thought when he got to Teguc he would put gas in the van.
When he arrived in Teguc I recieved a phone call saying he could not find the keys to open the gas tank of the van. Then I remembered the Reina told me the other day while we were gone she had found some keys in the washer and hung them up in the kitchen because she did not know what they were for. Sure enough those keys said fuel on them and were the keys to the gas tank of the van. Although he was in Teguc with eight of the kids, Sandra, and little gas. And I was here at the house with the rest of the kids and the keys he needed.
So he said he would try to make it home and hope he had enough gas. Luckily he made it home with the kids!
Upon arriving here at the house he asked who had touched the keys and we came to find out the window of the van was left down one day and one of the kids climbed through the van window and got them out! Oh there is always an adventure with this many kids!
Then on Thursday just as we were getting ready to eat lunch some man showed up with an clip board and said he would like to talk to me. Well he told me he was from ENEE (which is the elec. company) and he was here to turn off the elec. What?!?! He told me we had not paid one month and he was here to cut it off. Well I assured him that we had the money for the amount he told me we owed and I told him we would go to the bank and pay it that same day. He told me there was nothing I could tell him that would make him change his mind. He was here to do his job and that was to cut off our elec. So he said he would go and cut the elec. because that was his job but if we wanted it turned back on we could find someone and pay then a coke and ask them to reconnected it after he left.
It was a little tricky but we got it reconnected that afternoon! Boy oh boy was I thankful that the lights came back on before the evening. Always when there are no lights it makes 17 crazy kids!
The problem was we had not received our bill for the past month and we were waiting to receive it. We came to find out our neighbor had found our bill on the groud and had picked it up and was going to give it to us. Although she put it up and quickly forgot to give it to us until she stumbled across it that same day in pair on old pants.
Your bill is printed on a small piece of paper and taped to the gate. Well ours gets taped on our front gate because that is where are counter is. So easily someone could rip it off, the wind could blow it away or just who knows what before we get the bill.
So lets hope this week is a little bit more uneventful!
Linda
playing soccer
Denis and Dorian helping tie the netting on the new goal
This is how everyone is feeling about the snow alreadyhere in OH/WV! Everyone keeps telling me they know why we are getting all of this snow. They know that I have prayed hard for lots of snow while we were home. So everyone has told me it is time to stop praying for snow.
