Nope - not an arrival in Honduras as planned. Wake up call at zero dark thirty for a 6:30 shuttle from the Houston Hilton airport hotel. Two hotel nights already and not yet in Honduras! Nice hotel, especially with vouchers from United; to include food vouchers which pretty much covered our group dinner last evening at the hotel restaurant "Vino" - fun, chatty and wine revealing. United was on time out of Houston and we had a smooth flight. I am reminded it's Sunday - Sue is passing out a GPMC bulletin for Feb 10 on the flight. Now we're here in Honduras and after immigration and customs we see Gloria's smiling face. To the bus with tons of luggage filled with our donations. The 3 hour drive to Copan and Hotel Buena Vista is a beautiful one; mountains surrounding us - bare patches as witness to the de-forestation that plagues the country. Along the road you see the shacks that remind us of the desperate poverty that awaits us in the village of Santa Cruz. Omigosh - we've stopped in Santa Cruz en route to the hotel. It is a HIKE - up-up-up. The planned 20 homes are a climb amidst chicks, pigs, cows, and all manners of little people and parents. Now to the hotel! We had a wonderful dinner at the hotel, followed by a debrief by Gloria about the village of Santa Cruz and what to expect this week. Sue led us in devotions and now we will call it a day!
-Kathie Morinelli
A view from one of the homes in Santa Cruz
Our pig friend
Some of the children of Santa Cruz eager to greet us
Our first trek up the mountain to check out where we will be working
Mary Garlough with her new friend helping her down the mountain
Dave Tucker assesses the situation to find out what we will need to start working
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