Home Again

Finally I am set up to continue updates on my blog. We have been in Honduras since June 13th and I am starting to feel like my life is getting back to order again. I finally have a desk to sit at and answer emails.

It seems like so many little things have gone wrong since we got back. I am glad to say that I must be used to Honduras as none of these things have fazed me much. The worst thing would have to be about two weeks after we got home we had the daughter of missionary friends, the Jacksons, over to help me unpack while Jason was gone. Unfortunately Jason has had many meetings with nationals that he did not set up, but had to attend which has left me to do most of the unpacking. Jenny Jackson came over to help me one day and as I was driving her home on Saturday afternoon, I hit a dog. I was passing a bus on a two lane road (all roads in Honduras are two lanes, one each way) a dog walked out in front of the bus and just looked at me. I slammed on my brakes, but it was either hit the dog or the bus and I decided the dog would be a better choice. I was almost to my turnoff so I kept driving. According to Honduran law, if you hit a dog and it damages your car then the owner of the dog is responsible. The only problem with this was that we had just gotten our truck (small Mazda 2 wheel drive, not the one we drove from the states) back from where we had stored it this past year and it didn't have a warning triangle or fire extinguisher in it. If I would have pressed the issue with the dog owners they probably wouldn't have been able to pay anyway and I would have gotten a ticket for not having a triangle and fire extinguisher in my car. Once I did stop I saw the water gushing from my radiator and decided to call the Jacksons to come and rescue us. They came and followed me down the very long hill to their church. They stored the truck for me until Jason could come home and get it fixed. It cost about $150.00 to fix so we were thankful that it wasn't more than that as it could have been much worse. I am just glad that the dog did not hit anyone as it flew to the side of the road.

Tomorrow our first group from the states comes in. For the next six weeks we will have visitors in our house all but three days. We are going to be busy, but loving it at the same time.

Last Sunday after church we went out looking for a puppy. The only place that we could find one was at a pet shop. They had four dogs for sale and we bought the one we named Snuggles. He is a 7 week old Pug. He loves to play and when Audrey actually lets his feet touch the ground he is running all over the place. The kids love him and if I can get him house trained before I kill him then I will like him too.

Now you are pretty much caught up on what has been going on here. Not much besides unpacking, organizing, and dog killing. I will try to add a post every day or at least every other day. So just keep checking back to see what else happens to us.