02-14-2015 Saturday (2nd entry)
From the San Pedro Sula airport we boarded a bus for a 3 hour drive south
and east to La Ceiba. On the way we stopped to eat and had a
wonderful authentic Honduran meal at Power Chicken. Though this is considered “fast food”, it is
nothing like any fast food restaurant in the States. It was like homemade bar-b-que. As we drove on we saw other familiar fast
food enterprises and we were all glad for the choice to have had our first of
many authentic Honduran meals rather than American cuisine.
The drive through the following cities and country side was
amazing. We enjoyed the beautiful lush
rain forest scenery between the towns. We
also encountered various unique experiences.
At a rest stop we saw a peacock with its plumes in full display, there
were Brama bulls by the road side kept at bay by only a few rows of barbed wire,
we drove past a recently flipped over 18 wheeler tank semi that was clearly
still a safety issue and one man holding a household type fire extinguisher
next to it. And, while driving through a
small city we believe that we most likely saw the exchange of a drug
transaction on the side of the road happening in broad day light. These and other sights, sounds and smells
were the start of our adventure.
We arrived right at 6pm and to our surprise were deposited
directly to the church on the mountain side and the beginning of the evening’s
services. Though we were all very weary,
not to mention sweaty from the trip, the
worship music’s intensity and volume kept us all alert and engaged. For those of us returning from past visits it
was wonderful to reencounter some familiar faces and exchange deep and warmly
felt embraces. After the service each of
us was dropped off at our respective host families and had an evening meal as
we shared some time getting to know them.
Hitting the bed at about 11pm was a welcome opportunity only to be
graced by the crowing of roosters and the choir of barking dogs throughout the
night.
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