Off to Honduras
We're using Spirit Airlines. I like the name and it's cheap. To avoid baggage fees, I got everything I'd need for 2 weeks into a small knapsack. You can do it! I had to discipline myself to wash out some of my clothes every night. Another money saving idea is packing a lunch and bringing a few breakfast bars and tea-bags.
We got to San Pedro Sulas, no problem and after some nervous minutes waiting I spied Frank and Don outside. We got into a 10 passenger van with Aida, our translator from our last trip, and Wuina (Winny), our driver. We hit the road for Siguatepeque, about 2-3 hours away.
The road's much better than it used to be. They've been widening and straightening it over the past several years to make what the call a "concrete canal" from the Pacific to the Atlantic. I also noticed more toll gates and fewer donkey carts. Maybe poor folks have to go around...
It's hot! Still it seems more like home every time we come down. We're staying closer to downtown Sigua... a lot of people are out just as the sun comes down and it's cooler. We found a supermarket with a restaurant that seems to be a hangout, "La Corral". I took the opportunity to familiarize myself with local veggies like pataste and ayote (squash-like), yucca ( a root), camote (a hard squash). I also inspected all the herbal teas: tile (linden), manzanita (comfrey), jamaica (hibiscus) , zacata, etc. We met up with Norma, the first head of Agros in Hond. She continues to work with poor farmers in the area, with a micro-loan program that helps them pay for things like fertilizer. We're hoping she can expand her ministry to help our friends at Nuevo Amanecer.
The following day we made a trip to nearby Comayagua, where we connected with the family of a Honduran refugee who stayed at our house in Seattle . It was great meeting his mom, his brother, and little niece. At the same time Frank saw someone from the back. "I know that guy!" he thought. It turned out to be Juan Lopez, the first president of NA, who'd left the village about 10 years ago!
More Later...
Monday, May 15, 2017
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