The Chaffing is back!

The chaffing is back and boy do I LOVE IT! Life here in Honduras had thus far been fairly "tranquilo" as they say here - calm tranquil and somewhat slow-paced. I had classes in the mornings at the University, and then I would come home and things around the house like sweeping and dishes and what not, and church related work was still few and far between and slow going. It was nice but boy was I going crazy. As many of you know Leah and I moved here immediately after I graduated from UNM, the last year and a half of which was madness for me. Every semester I had full loads of upper level classes (350 and higher, including a couple of 500 level courses), meaning I had loads of homework. The majority of this homework was for the political science portion of my degree (as I had already completed the majority of  my Russian Studies requirements), and just like the world of politics the world of political science is chock full of long-windedness. So much so tht I once wrote a 54 page paper, that's like a small book or something! Anyways it was riduculous. I used to have to schedule myself down to the minute in order to get everything done in a day/night tht I needed to finish. In conjuction with my discoveries of coffee and Yerba Mate (an odd yet strong South American tea) mixes that could keep me alert for hours, I had the art of rapid quality paper writing down perfectly, such that I was able to finish out my degree with high marks. It was crazy yet I somehow loved the business. Moving here and switching to the siesta - mañana mentality from the result driven mentality of the university was a bit difficult. Well though it is not anything like UNM, things have gotten busier here, in fact so much so that I have had to start scheduling my days. For example I currently meeting with two young men from the area who want to learn English, I want to tell them about Christ, so we have English lessons once a week. I am also teaching six one-hour guitar classes this week with a group called Musicians for Missions. All of this on top of exams and an extra weekend class at the university. These are just a few of the things that are going on. In addition to this the church has really picked up some steam in many areas and Chris and I are busy with these as well. It has been rather nice to have the busyness back again. In fact it has been so much so this past and coming week (did I mention my parents also were just here for about a week - no offense mom/dad you just came when it was busy:) that my old friend has returned. Many of you probably have a similar friend - you know that painful bump on the back of your neck that only goes away with more coffee. man it chaffes to be busy. But man do I love it!