Please be praying for the safety of everyone here..some incidents have happened recently, and the school, students, and teachers really need prayer for protection.
Pray especially for trust that Christ has overcome the world, despite the injustices we see everyday.
Pray that we wouldn't lose faith in God's promises and we wouldn't lose heart in doing the work God has called us to do.
Romans 4:20
20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, 21 being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.
About Me
- Global Expeditions
- This blog chronicles my adventures since my junior year of college to..everywhere. Primarily it consists of life experiences and God stories in Honduras, Costa Rica, and Panama. Enjoy and God bless!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Fruit
Every day this week another teacher and I have walked down the hill to see if our Fruit Guy is there. Finally, today he was there with an overflowing display of fruits-even mangos! I bought 10 bananas, 8 mandarins, 1 mango and 1 mystery fruit for the equivalent of a dollar. Gotta love Honduras!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Pepsi on Strike
First, I heard someone chanting over a loudspeaker. I was organizing my room and doing some grading, and thought, "okay that's kind of odd, but not too out of the ordinary." At least once a day, I'll hear someone yelling through a megaphone about shoes or fish or whatever they're selling from their pick-up truck. I continued to grade, unphased, when I heard a group cheer and what I thought was a round of gun shots going off. I ran to my window and leaned out to see what was going on in the street below.
Across the street from the entrance of the school, there was a large gathering of Pepsi factory workers protesting for higher wages. They carried a banner and angrily pumped the air with their fists to punctuate their echoed chants. Each person held a piece of paper, maybe of what chants they were saying next, and wore a red shirt. It was definitely a sight to behold.
I quickly learned that the "gunshot" noises, were, in fact, large firecrackers they were setting off after giving really powerful statements. The firecrackers left smoke in the air and seemed to rock the school building like a mini-earthquake. I watched them for awhile from our balcony alongside some other teachers, then, finding I couldn't concentrate anymore in my classroom, went over and joined in a teachers' volleyball game going on in the high school poli.
What an afternoon!
Across the street from the entrance of the school, there was a large gathering of Pepsi factory workers protesting for higher wages. They carried a banner and angrily pumped the air with their fists to punctuate their echoed chants. Each person held a piece of paper, maybe of what chants they were saying next, and wore a red shirt. It was definitely a sight to behold.
I quickly learned that the "gunshot" noises, were, in fact, large firecrackers they were setting off after giving really powerful statements. The firecrackers left smoke in the air and seemed to rock the school building like a mini-earthquake. I watched them for awhile from our balcony alongside some other teachers, then, finding I couldn't concentrate anymore in my classroom, went over and joined in a teachers' volleyball game going on in the high school poli.
What an afternoon!
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Spanish Slip ups
Well, I've had three weeks now to get back into the swing of life in Honduras and, as part of a new year's resolution to get the most out of my experience, I've been attempting to speak Spanish every opportunity I get.
Three quick stories:
1. I was playing a card game with a mix of N. Americans and Hondurans, and I leaned over and asked one of the Hondurans how to say "your turn" in Spanish. He replied, "Te toque." I rehearsed the phrase a few times, but when it came time to actually use it, my sounds got mixed up and I ended up saying "Tu taco," which means "your taco." Now, when we play card games, we tease each other by saying "It's your taco."
2. I was trying to practice my Spanish on a weekly student behavior slip; I had wanted to communicate that a student was having trouble focusing in class. So I had written " a veces ella ha hablando y no se foca" (which literally translates to: "sometimes she is speaking and not a seal"). Fortunately, my student corrected me before the nota went home, and the parents and I had a good laugh at parent/teacher conferences over the mistranslation. Next time, I'll use a Spanish dictionary.
3. Last night, my housemates went with a Honduran family to go see "Enredados" (Tangled). They had taken us to the only theater in town that had a showing of it in English, which we found out after we arrived, wasn't playing that night. Even without subtitles, it was an enjoyable movie, and surprisingly, I found myself understanding a lot of it (although it definitely helped to have seen the movie before).
Prior to a fun night of movie watching, we went with the family to cheer on their daughter play with the IST Junior/Senior futbol team at a tournament in town. It was a tied game, but we had fun cheering alongside students, teachers, and a man with a bullhorn. I learned the cheer, "Vamos Inter" (Let's Go Inter.--like international school).
More adventures to come!
Three quick stories:
1. I was playing a card game with a mix of N. Americans and Hondurans, and I leaned over and asked one of the Hondurans how to say "your turn" in Spanish. He replied, "Te toque." I rehearsed the phrase a few times, but when it came time to actually use it, my sounds got mixed up and I ended up saying "Tu taco," which means "your taco." Now, when we play card games, we tease each other by saying "It's your taco."
2. I was trying to practice my Spanish on a weekly student behavior slip; I had wanted to communicate that a student was having trouble focusing in class. So I had written " a veces ella ha hablando y no se foca" (which literally translates to: "sometimes she is speaking and not a seal"). Fortunately, my student corrected me before the nota went home, and the parents and I had a good laugh at parent/teacher conferences over the mistranslation. Next time, I'll use a Spanish dictionary.
3. Last night, my housemates went with a Honduran family to go see "Enredados" (Tangled). They had taken us to the only theater in town that had a showing of it in English, which we found out after we arrived, wasn't playing that night. Even without subtitles, it was an enjoyable movie, and surprisingly, I found myself understanding a lot of it (although it definitely helped to have seen the movie before).
Prior to a fun night of movie watching, we went with the family to cheer on their daughter play with the IST Junior/Senior futbol team at a tournament in town. It was a tied game, but we had fun cheering alongside students, teachers, and a man with a bullhorn. I learned the cheer, "Vamos Inter" (Let's Go Inter.--like international school).
More adventures to come!
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