Waking up to the sound of roosters crowing, one rooster sounding particular sickly sounding, all complemented with the smell and sound of the crackling fire of the wood-burning stove as Julia starts preparing fried plantains to go with the pre-breakfast coffee.
I am greeted with the faint light of the new sunrise over the Honduran mountains...yep, just another beautigul day in Zapote in Honduras!
I spent Tuesday through Thursday again in Zapote. After breakfast each day, we went out to work, the first day to pick beans, which we pulled by hand and then tied them together in little bunches! Wednesday I learned how to plant beans by hand with a tranca and a pijoguante (I have no idea if that is spelled right). We planted an entire field (we being me and my good friends Jose and German (NOT the German I live with)). Then they took me fishing, and we fished using a fishing net that we through out into a little stream to catch a bunch of small fish for supper.
Thursday morning I went with German (the German I DO live with) to go cut up and pile together a whole lot of firewood...something we did for a good five hours or so (there was lots of wood)
It then rained all afternoon and evening, so I spent most of that afternoon relaxing and hanging out with the family I have been living with, which was very nice after a few hard days of work and intense SOCCER playing
For the afternoons of both days it wasn't raining we played lots of FUTBOL (soccer, which I have quickly learned that I love it a whole lot, and I am getting decent at it as well)!
Then for the evenings I go to different ecclesial base community meetings, which, as I believed I mentioned before) are basically different groups throughout the community that meet periodically to discuss a faith-related topic and Scripture! The love of Christ is very evident in the people who have all showed me so much kindness and have made me feel so welcome in Zapote. They are becoming very much like a family to me here! I look forward to returning to Zapote next week Wednesday or Thursday, where I will stay for the feast of Corpus Christi on Sunday, where the Church of Zapote will receive the Eucharist into their tabernacle (which is a big deal) and will be a HUGE Mass and Celebration!
O Monday and Tuesday next week I will be going to another aldea called Delisius where I will be following a catechist named Ivan who is my age, and I get to see Him in action as he teaches some of the kids about faith and God.
Keep Jarrett Wendt in your prayers as he is preparing to come to Honduras in just a week from this coming Monday (then you will also get to hear some of his thoughts and reflections on Honduras as well, and don't just have to hear it from me the whole time)
Tomorrow John and I are going to Dulce Nombre to hear a Nun there take her final vows to officially become a fully professed sister of the order (I am greatly looking forward to that!). After we will be heading to Piedras Colorados, another aldea, for the day!
Thanks for all the prayers! Keep them up! Pray that I continue learning all that God has in store to teach me, and that I am present to every moment hear!
Thanks also for all the encouraging emails as well as the emails simply updating me on life back at home!
Peace and prayers!
In Christ's love,
Kevin Earleywine
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