The Exploits of a Honduran Teacher

Thanksgiving

We just got done with a very nice four day weekend of rest and relaxation. Some missionaries from church invited us to go with them to La Mosquitia (basically like the Amazon rainforest) for the weekend, but we decided to stay and rest instead. For Thanksgiving dinner we went over to Erin Sheehy´s and had a big get together with 30 other people- some Hondurans and some Americans. It was really fun and the food wasn´t bad either. I made two pumpkin cheesecakes that were great.

The rest of the weekend we just relaxed, watched some movies and some football, and cooked. I got this Italian recipe book that really inspired me to try out some new things like risotto and different salads- the only problem is getting the correct ingredients here in Honduras.

Friday night we went to a small, local Cuban restaurant and did some salsa dancing with a few friends. It was great- the place was packed out and there were some of the best dancers I have ever seen! It was seriously amazing. I tried dancing and I was alright at it, but I had fun anyway. We are going to start practicing, so hopefully I will get better...

Basketball has been going well. Our boys have won the last two games, so they are 2-1 now, with the loss being a forfeit. The last team that we beat supposedly was coached by the coach for the national Honduran team... so we aren´t doing too bad. The girls continue to be excited to practice and to learn, but they don´t have any games until the spring, so I´m trying to concentrate on the boys right now.

Thursday is the last day for the seniors to raise money for our hair cuts... right now all of the money for Brian has been raised, but I am missing a little money. They think that they can raise it by Thursday, but I´m not sure. When I agreed to shave my hair and beard off I didn´t think that it would be a big deal, but now with it being so close... I think that I would be pretty sad to shave it all off. I have had longer hair for the past six years and I have kind of gotten used to it. But if they raise all of the money, I will do it anyway... and I will probably Bic it too just to do it once in my life.

posted by Whitey @ 3:19 PM