So this was an interesting weekend. I headed back to Tallahassee for a special event. Erica, my beautiful girlfriend made the trek up from Honduras for the weekend as I invited her to be my guest at a very special event. My 10 year high school reunion. I think it should be renamed the “What are you doing now?” weekend. I’m pretty sure I said that phrase at least 1,000 times.
Here I sit. One door away from The United States but still a world away.
Fr. John Anthony was able to give me a lift the airport in San Pedro Sula as a couple of CFR Brothers are do in today. Luckily for me, there will be no repeat of the “Bus nearly falling off the side of a cliff” incident. We had 2 hours to talk about everything from the Theology of the Body to the military genius of Robert E. Lee to why Obama should watch his back. Let’s just say, I really like this guy.
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Hello again from the land of 1000 Mangoes.
Today we begun the day with Mass at the Poor Clares and then things got different.
Erica had scheduled a trip into Tegucigalpa with the group of Mothers that she ministers to. So Br. Matteo, Br. Damiano, Br. Justin and I joined 20 women and a few children on a 2 hour bus ride. It was wonderful. These women, though very poor and most of them either in horrible relationships or single moms, were singing and laughing and smiling the whole way there.
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Today was the longest day yet… and most blessed.
We started this morning with Mass at the Friars house. After that we headed back for breakfast and then to the Casa de Lupe to begin Orientation for the Summer Missionaries. Erica and I lead a few icebreakers before she and I headed off with Segraria for more visits.
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Well my friends it’s another day in Honduras.
This morning, Erica and I went to Mass with the Missionaries of Charity, Blessed (Mother) Theresa’s order. There are 6 of them here in Comayagua who run a home for the elderly and children with AIDS. Something struck me about them. They run a very difficult and heart-breaking ministry and yet they were filled with such joy and hope.
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No day is ever normal here.
I woke up this morning at 5AM and headed to the girls house for morning prayer. The chapel, like almost everything here, is open air. It gets so hot in the summer time that everything is left open so the breeze from the mountains can come through and cool things off.
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Honduras. Part 3
Hola mi amigos.
So my first day went something like this.
I woke up to what sounded like an angry mob in the courtyard/basketball court outside the apartment I’m staying at. Come to find out it was simply a large group from El Savidor who are here for a Crisio Convention. I slept in all the way until 7AM which is almost mid-morning for the Missioners. I met Erica and we headed to Mass at the local Parish which is on the same block where we live. The priest apparently gave a very entertaining homily… although I wasn’t sure what he was talking about until Erica told me later. Luckily she’d given me a handy “English to Spanish” guide for the Mass so I was able to participate.
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Honduras. Part 2
Category: Travel and Places
As I stepped off the plane I thought to myself, I wonder what I’ll eat for lunch. I’m in Honduras, I might as well ring it in with a great Honduran meal to start the week. I’ll eat whatever I see first. I walked through the door to the terminal and there it was… Wendy’s.
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Hey friends. The funniest thing just happened…
After a weekend of Whitewater rafting in Georgia and Tennessee, and an amazing Mission Staff Retreat at 3 Crosses in Cannon Falls, MN I packed up and headed to Chicago to see my girlfriend Erica. For those of you new to the blog or for those who have been living under a rock, Erica, my girlfriend has been serving with the Missioners of Christ in Honduras for the past year. Wednesday was the first I had seen her since January.
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