We have arrived!!! (by Todd)
At long, long last we´re finally here. I´m typing from an Internet Cafe in Tegucigalpa, about 2 minutes walk from the church.
We took off at 6am this morning from New York, and by the time we got out of customs it was 1pm in Honduras (which is right now the same as Mountain time). The day has been packed!
We were picked up at the airport by Padre Daniel, who is the pastor (priest in charge) of the Talanga parish and also by a man named Purificacion, who is the director of the Casa Pasionista where we will be spending some of our time. On our way out of Tegucigalpa, we stopped for chicken sandwiches at a gas station.
From there we drove to the Casa Pasionista, where we got the full tour, and met some of the people living there. During the drive, I was pleased to find that my Spanish was up to the task of communicating well. I tried as much as possible to pick the brains of Puri and his nephew for cultural information.
Before we left the Casa, we were treated to a surprise welcome cake. Then, we piled all the residents at the Casa into the van and drove to Talanga. The parishioners (members of the parish) showed us the house they´ve been preparing for us. It is beautiful!! Four rooms, much bigger than I expected. And they were so happy to see us and so happy that we liked the house. I was really, really touched. Also, the house is only a minute´s walk from the church, and our next door neighbor is one of the parishioners who helped get everything ready.
Which brings me more or less to the present. The house isn´t quite finished yet, so we´ll sleep in the rectory (pastor´s house) tonight.
¡Hasta pronto!
We took off at 6am this morning from New York, and by the time we got out of customs it was 1pm in Honduras (which is right now the same as Mountain time). The day has been packed!
We were picked up at the airport by Padre Daniel, who is the pastor (priest in charge) of the Talanga parish and also by a man named Purificacion, who is the director of the Casa Pasionista where we will be spending some of our time. On our way out of Tegucigalpa, we stopped for chicken sandwiches at a gas station.
From there we drove to the Casa Pasionista, where we got the full tour, and met some of the people living there. During the drive, I was pleased to find that my Spanish was up to the task of communicating well. I tried as much as possible to pick the brains of Puri and his nephew for cultural information.
Before we left the Casa, we were treated to a surprise welcome cake. Then, we piled all the residents at the Casa into the van and drove to Talanga. The parishioners (members of the parish) showed us the house they´ve been preparing for us. It is beautiful!! Four rooms, much bigger than I expected. And they were so happy to see us and so happy that we liked the house. I was really, really touched. Also, the house is only a minute´s walk from the church, and our next door neighbor is one of the parishioners who helped get everything ready.
Which brings me more or less to the present. The house isn´t quite finished yet, so we´ll sleep in the rectory (pastor´s house) tonight.
¡Hasta pronto!
posted by at 8/22/2005 04:51:00 PM
1 Comments:
So glad to hear that you all arrived safely and that your adventure has begun! I'm curious to see pictures of the house and am glad that there are chicken sandwiches in Honduras. My Spanish is rapidly disappearing which I theoretically remedy by watching TV with subtitles.
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