Some, good ol' ruins, and some good ol' fun!

Me and Sor Yorlanda

THANK THE LORD! Sooo This past week without the other volunteer, and without the internas, I have pretty much been just helping the hijas de casa cook and clean for 30 directors of other Salesian schools who had come to visit.  Yesterday was Thanksgiving, and I am so thankful to have come here and to have spent this time here.  Today I went to the Copan ruinas for my last day in Santa Rosa de Copan, (until I return January 20th).   It has been wonderful, and emotional today.   These are some thing to be thankful for if you are still trying to find some. 

 Electricity!
     With the 30 visitorsplus the sisters here, there has been a lot of work to do for only four of the hijas de casa with cooking 3 meals a day, washing dishes, and cleaning.  However to add to the workload, Wednesday, in the middle of cooking the pizza for the dinner, the electricity went off and the pizzas had only been in the oven for five minutes!  We had do run over and prepare something for the dinner in half an hour without electricity.  The government decides sometimes that it is going to conserve energy, and turns off the electricity every once in a while, sometimes without warning...

Jovita an hija de casa

Zenaida making Baleadas

Linda making Baleadas too!

Running Water
     So yes we have running water, but it is very expensive, so to save money, the internas use rain water that collects in a whole by their lavanderia.  I usually don't have to use this because I have my own bathroom and use a different lavanderia, but this week with all the guests, I am living in the girls dorms, and using their facilities.  Let me tell you every girl here has to be very strong to be always pulling up bucketsful of water from the well! and let me tell you, it is not that fun to always have to lug water over to the toilet to flush it.   

Internet.
     One of the sisters who was visiting was crying because her cousin who grew up with her like a brother was taken in by ICE.  She didn't know anything about where or if he is safe only that they told her that he would probably be in a certain prison.  So I just got online and looked it up the records for her, so she could figure things out.  The internet can do sooo many things its crazy! 

Beauties of Antiquity,
    So I got to Go to the Copan ruinas today.  These are amazing! The sisters were just hilarious running about the ruins.  Seeing these immense temples was really cool, and marveling how over 2000 years ago did they have the technology to build them.  And wow there where some really amazing trees, so wide ten of us could not encircle it with our arms and uber tall!

 

 

Everyone on top of a temple

A temple

Sor Roselba under an awesome tree!

Sor Mirna being herself

Sor Mely!!

   
Being with loved ones. 

Tonight shoeing everyone the pictures from the Ruinas

     I have been daying goodbyes and this is hard, because  I really have grown to love the people here.  Yesterday, I said goodbye to the last interna that was here, then I left to say goodbye to the kids at the comedor.  They are way to cute! While one kid was hanging on my neck, and another was trying to undo my hair tie, I told them I was not going to be back and they asked me, if at least I would come back next week, another kid who likes to call me Bebecca to tease me, just didn't believe it and he ran away.  Aw.  Thats when I cried the first time.  So then I went straight to the mass at the school for some visiting sisters, and they offered it up in thanksgiving for me and my family, and friends, for all of you, and I am so glad for each one of you.   Then saying goodbye to the hijas de casa, half in tears, they are so sweet hearted, and gosh darn hard-working, I love them!  Finally, I said goodbye to the sisters, some of whom I don't know if/when I will see again because they are getting reassigned.  This was the hardest because they have been my family this past three months.  Thats when I cried again.  So, not that I like to cry, but I am glad I cried, because then I know that yes I really did give the people here a part of my heart, and that is why I cam here, and the only way, I think you can make any difference in the world.  I know that I really do love the people here, and thats the only reason it hurts to leave.   Adios! Hasta Tegucigalpa!

Exhausted after the long trek through the ruinas!

   
Right now pray for safe travels for me, and everyone else who is traveling back after the conference here, and pray for perseverance for all the people who are still working hard here, and are not going to leave Santa Rosa for this vacation time.