Welcome to Honduras

We arrived here in Honduras on monday morning and afternoon. My plane was the last to get here, and after going through customs myself and three other interns, who were on my same flight, met up with the rest of the group. From first impressions it seems that we have a great group of interns who will be able to work together easily. The house we have to stay in is on the Mission Lazarus ranch just outside of San Marcos. The house is great, the boys have the upstairs loft area, while the girls have the downstairs area. The porch has many rocking chairs and hammocks which we can relax on after a hard days work.

The first few days here we have just been growing acustomed to life in Honduras, and what it will have in store for us. We have been touring all of the Mission Lazarus sites and projects, which are spread out from the ranch, to Choluteca, to San Marcos, and all of the country side in between. The interns have a full time driver, named Holmon, that has been taking us around, and will be our driver for our entire time here. Tomorrow marks the first day that we will get into our daily routine. For me that means working on the Ranch. Working on the ranch is great, because every morning all of the ranch workers meet at one of the barns and have a devotional, while I can not understand what they are saying, it is great to be with ones brothers and sisters in Christ. I have found that so far the people down here are very warm and loving, and while communication is not easy for me, they are more than willing to try.

I am very excited about what this summer has in store for me, and the type of person I will become because of it. If these first few days are any indication of what these next few months will be like, I know that I am in for a summer of a lifetime.
David