Honduras October 2022, Day 6

Published in on October 21, 2022.
Today's Theme: Mountain Top Experiences We disrupted our routine today, by starting at 6:00 a.m. with a hike to the Cross of Danli.  It's a very steep hike (Our "Price is Right" contest guessing the elevation climb of the hike is still up for some debate.)  During the hike, we had magnificent vistas of Danli […]
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Today's Theme: Mountain Top Experiences

We disrupted our routine today, by starting at 6:00 a.m. with a hike to the Cross of Danli.  It's a very steep hike (Our "Price is Right" contest guessing the elevation climb of the hike is still up for some debate.)  During the hike, we had magnificent vistas of Danli & the surrounding valley.  At the Cross, we were given time to reflect & to send a letter to ourselves to open 6 months later.  It was an amazing start of the day.

We climbed back down & had a fantastic breakfast of eggs, pancakes, & bacon.  

We returned to El Obraje to continue our projects.  We were all assigned to ditch duty & spent a bulk of the morning making concrete.  Taking sand that had been sifted, mixing in cement, mixing in sand, & then building a "volcano" shape & adding water as needed to get the right consistency.  We started pouring the concrete into the draining ditch to form the base for one of the walls lining the ditch.

Darren's COMEDY corner!

Humor?  Even with us working to smooth out the mortar between the cinder blocks, none of us suffered from Irritable Trowel Syndrome.

We had sandwiches & chips for lunch.  Interestingly, they get better tasting each day.

The afternoon had several highlights:  

After school, the children of El Obraje once again descended on our work site.  We had fun chatting with the kids & hosting an impromptu Quiz Bowl giving the kids candy as the prizes.  Amazingly, the kids were super focused on the questions.  

Lluvis de Bendicion held a Women's Service this afternoon as well & we were invited as special guests.  It was an inspiring service with a top-notch praise band & a great message of "God's Plans" by Pastor Alejandero.  The crowd was around 50 guests.

We returned to Danli & had a fantastic dinner hosted by Carlos.  Scott led a powerful devotion focused on the writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

Honduran Fact: From 250 A.D. to 900 A.D. Mayans dominated the region.  Copan, a ruined ancient Mayan city, is believed to have served as the political hub for the Mayans & is a UNESCO World Heritage site. 

Blessings,

Your Faithful Honduran Bloguero

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