Mayan ruins and king grass

Kendra is reporting again. It has been amazing here and I have kept busy. Last Wednesday was cool because Hailey and I got to help plant coffee on a mountainside. Then she was amazing because she helped me lay out the plots for the legume research. It was harder work than I expected.

Thursday, I worked at the Refuge in the morning doing some office work. Then Hailey, Ami, Heather and I got to go with Shelly to the Duyure school. It was awesome!!! Shelly had a meeting with the teachers while we got to play with all the kids. Heather seemed to enjoy herself a lot. There was a mango tree in the yard of the school. Heather adores mangoes, so I told her to grab one. I asked permission if we could and the guard said yes. He went inside and then came out with another 8 or 9 mangoes for us all. It was so very amusing. We also had another spanish lesson and I think it was the best one yet.

Friday, we left for Copan. We left Las Palmas really really early in the morning. Olman was amazing because he drove us to Choluteca, so we could catch a bus to Tegus. Then we rode from Tegus to San Pedro Sula. We spent a long while waiting in the bus station, but eventually we got to our hotel in Copan.

Saturday we saw the mayan ruins. It was so cool. Our guide, Saul, was also a music teacher and he kept singing various parts of songs. We got to explore a little on our own too. Later that afternoon, we walked around the town and did some shopping. Sunday was basically spent on lots of buses coming back to San Marcos.

Monday, I stayed on the ranch. Heather and I helped clean the coffee plants on the mountainside in the morning and then I did some data collection with the legumes in the afternoon. Tuesday, I worked on the ranch with Kyle and Katie. We prepared the soil for planting king grass and we did it with shovels and pickaxes. I have not had a workout like that for a really long time. Then I had to do some more data collection with the wonderful legumes.

I am in the office today at Choluteca. I have been working on inputting dairy production records into my computer all day today.

I am having a great time in Honduras and God is teaching me some amazing things about his character and my relationship to him.