...but it doesn't help too much when the power is off.
This doesn't mean I'll be on THAT much more than I was already, but it does mean that I'll probably hit up the internet once or twice a day. Today (being Sunday) we went into the city for church. I went to a Spanish speaking church with a few other people (of course I had to hitch a ride because I don't have a vehicle or license down here). The church was very interesting, and they are English-friendly...you can get a headset and there is someone in the back translating the service into English. The pastor was preaching out of Philippians where Paul is talking about forgetting what is behind us and straining towards the goal...our purpose. He used some interesting word pictures...things that I probably wouldn't think of using (and some that may not translate as well) in the American culture.
After church we went to the mall for lunch and groceries. They have a Wal-Mart here. I was told that it's relatively new. But that does mean there were some familiar brands...of course they were twice as expensive as the Honduran brands, so I didn't actually buy them (at least not for most items...I think I did get OFF brand insect repellant).
And then the drive back to the Ranch. In the city, traffic is crazy...not heavy really, but people drive differently here. Once we get off of one of the main roads out of the city, we still have pavement for a bit, but here the pothole adventure starts...meaning try not to hit the large ones, and if you can't avoid them, go slowly. A few miles down the road from there, we turn onto the dirt road...which in some areas is smoother than the previously paved road. In other areas erosion has had some fun with the road. There is an area where we cross a stream...and as it's a dirt road, there is no bridge. I was rather glad to get "home"...and we got here a few minutes before the rain started. It's rained pretty much every night starting somewhere between 4 and 6 local time. Sometimes it lasts minutes, some times an hour or more. Sometimes the power stays on, and sometimes it goes off. The ranch does have backup generators which will kick in eventually if the power is off for too long...so we don't have to worry about our newly purchased food spoiling. I'm sitting by the window, and it's still light enough to see. And my computer was almost fully charged (oh, another thing purchased today was a surge protector...because there have been times when the generators have caused issues when they've kicked in).
Tomorrow is the first day of teacher meetings. I don't know when exactly they start; I'm assuming my roommate knows. That may be a poor assumption. If she doesn't, I'll call Jen after the power comes back on. I need to talk with her anyway about going to the city later this week to join my church (who is in the city this week for a brigade). It will be fun to see old familiar faces (as opposed to the familiar faces of people I've met in the last couple of days).
[And 30 minutes or so later, the power is back on...so I can post this now. I tried posting a picture and 10 minutes later it was still trying to upload it, so I may have to try a different time of day or something. I will do my best to get pictures up!]
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