Mas Terremotos!

That's right we had another earthquake. This one was no where nearly as strong as the last one. It was also off the northern coast of Honduras but was only a 5.7. It happened about 11:30 last night. I happened to still be awake, and I was getting up to go the bathroom. As I was doing this I heard a weird rumbling noise, and it sounded like it was moving towards the house, the effect was something like when you hear tress moving in the distance due to the wind, and the sound grows closer and closer as that particular breeze reaches you. In fact I thought that perhaps that was what I was hearing, though I was thinking that it had to be a very strong wind (which is abnormal for where we live) because was very loud and more like a rumble rather than rustling trees. As I was listening to the noise and getting out of bed I suddenly felt dizzy as I stood up. I figured that perhaps I had gotten up to quickly, however I then began to hear things rattling in the house and I could see that our clothes were swinging on their hangers.

Praise God though there was no damage from this earthquake, or at least nothing major that I have heard of or seen in the newspapers. However do please continue to pray for Honduras as those who were affected by the big earthquake are still in bad conditions as help has been slow coming and the government does not have the resources to help the victims either. We are currently trying to get in communication with a woman that we know that lives in the Port of Cortes (it was hit hard by the earthquake) in order to see if there is anyway that we can help her or others that were affected. - Eulogio

USA vs. Honduras

Tonight was a big night here in Honduras. As most of you probably know soccer is king here in Latin America (and actually most of the world outside of the US and maybe Canada), and tonight was an importanat game in the tournament leading up to the World Cup. It was also a tense night for us here since that game was between the United States and Honduras. We went and watched the game in the same place that we have been watching all the games - the hotel restaurant on a big screen- and tonight it was packed! It was standing room only, with a tiny herd of Americans standing in the corner trying not to look conspicuous. At the beginning of the game it looked like the U.S. might be in for another repeat of the Costa Rica game (where we lost fairly badly) because Honduras scored a goal in the first 10 minutes. However the U.S. came back to win amidst oooooo's aahhhhh's and shouts of "penalty" - the passion runs high for games. So after quitetly celebrating in my heart, and then telling a couple of Honduran friends to stop crying, we made our exit. And though the majority of Americans in the U.S. probably have no idea that we won, let alone that we have a soccer team, it was a good night - though in secret.

Oh yeah I almost forgot, shortly after returning home we were punished for winning, and our electricty "went out" ; ) 

Earthquake Follow-Up

So a little damage report from our earthquake. Nothing! Praise God there was no significant damage in our area. Aside from a few large buildings and one bridge that fell in northern Honduras there was no great damage here. In fact the special edition of a newspaper here ran the same headline as you can see above - "Dios Nos Pretegio" "God Protected Us". In addition the sunday school buliding which has been plagued with falling trees, and flooding knocking over the walls, had absolutely no damage. This was amazing considering some of the support columns and beams were not yet in place. Even the main building had some cracks in it. And since we have not had any more set backs on the construction and since the Lord has provided more funds to continue the construction it is beginning to look more like a building and less like a shell. Here are a few pics that I took today.

2 am wakeup call?

We have just had quite the past few weeks, and then now at 2:30 this morning Leah and I were just about shaken out of bed by an earthquake. Yup thats right an earthquake. A 7.1 quake hit off the northern coast of Honduras. We are about 3.5 hours from the coast and maybe about 5 hours from the place nearest the epicenter, but we still got a good shaking. Eventhe capital got a good shaking and the y are further than we are. There are reports of roads being cracked and whatnot but nothing to serious, a bridge also collapsed near San Pedro Sula. Here is a link to a news story about it. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30976505/. I'll post more once I venture out of the house and see what has happenned here in Pena Blanca. I also have to go to San Pedro Sula today pray that the several bridges I have to go across are safe. Well more good times from Honduras. 

Feeling Better

Thank you all for your prayers while I was sick. I am feeling much better today. Yesterday I went to the doctor's office and they gave me some stronger meds, than I previously was taking, and though they made me fairly tired today, they seem to be doing the trick. Not sure exactly what it was that I had, the symptoms matched several things, but since I was feeling better I didn't go through the blood tests needed to check for some of the nastier ones. Several Hondurans told me that my symptoms matched one of the milder forms of Dengue Fever, I also did a fair amount of research on the internet and it seemed very likely - hence the post a couple of days ago. However whatever it was I am feeling much much better. Unfortunately our car is not, as I went to a meeting this morning with the church contractor my brake system went nuts and I can still stop but it is very difficult. So now I need to take it to the doctor tomorrow. I realize that has nothing to do with my health but I figuered I would throw it in there just for fun. Once again thanks to everyone for their prayers, they worked (or perhaps I should say He worked)! I feel much better. - Eulogio

And the Jungle continues to ravage us...

This past week Eulogio has been very sick. We initially thought it was a bad cold or flu, but other symptoms suggest that he may have contracted Dengue Fever. Like Malaria, it is passed through mosquitos. Thankfully we had some Amoxicillin available and we have a couple of Nurses visiting from Albuquerque who have been very helpful. But please keep him in prayer!

Day of the Family

This weekend we had a big celebration for "Day of the Family". All of the family members of our students (at the bilingual school, not the university) were invited to come to school on Saturday; where we proceeded to have class presentations, food, games and prizes for everyone. It was a really big affair. And if you have any idea of how big latino families are, you will know that there were A LOT of people attending! So that meant a lot of work for us teachers! After school on friday we spent almost 5 hours decorating for the event! Besides all the time we spent preparing our little students to sing and dance for their families, the teachers were also responsible for serving the families. So we had a lot of work! Hopefully everyone enjoyed themselves. Unfortunately I have no pictures of anything since I was rather to busy to take my camera out.