An American Sunday

September 30, 2012
Today started out very well, I was able to skype talk (no video) with my sister and then facetime with my mom. We had a lengthy conversation, as I awaited the arrival of a parade that was supposed to be heading into town. In true Honduran style the parade started an hour later than it was supposed to so I got to spend more time talking. The parade finally did make it though and it was in celebration of National Bible Day so there were people carrying bibles and signs with bible quotes on them and the band from the public school was leading. It was pretty cool and as it passed people joined in. It walked all the way to the large community center where there was a service that was a combination of all the churches in town. Unfortunately today was extremely hot and the community center got very hot and the service, also in true Honduran fashion, seemed to go on forever. A group of us left after about an hour and they still hadn’t finished the music portion which means they still had a message and prayer to go (which aren’t short here).
 I spent the early afternoon working on school work and preparing for the week ahead. At 2 o’clock though Brooke and I met and walked over to the house where the Brits live. John (an American who has been here for several years) had told us we were welcome to come over and watch football. We stopped on the way and got chips and pop and sat down to watch the Broncos play the Raiders. Brooke is from Colorado so the Broncos are her favorite team. Not only was football, chips and pop amazing, but he also has wireless and I was able to communicate with more people and spend some time perusing the internet and downloading some new books. This was a great way to spend Sunday and very typical of my Sundays at home so I was very grateful of this opportunity. The only thing missing was the cool fall weather and a blanket to snuggle under….80 degrees just doesn’t make it seem the same.
 I am now home and plan on spending the rest of my evening lounging in bed reading and maybe watch a movie before it is off to bed to rest for the week ahead. Lucky for us at the end of the week there is a nice 3-day weekend awaiting us.