Bienvenidos a Catacamas!

Matt and I have been in our new house in Catacamas for about six days now and we’re starting to get into the routine. We are blessed with a wonderful two-bedroom house next to a woman named Doris and her family. Doris works for Diaconia Nacional and takes great care of us. The house has a gas stove, refrigerator and a pila, a wash basin in the back yard. Doris and her family did a super job cleaning the place up for us and everything is sparkling. It’s very impressive!



We’ve begun our routine of going to our respective jobs here. Matt goes to the office every day and has been talking and learning about the history of the program and doing some visits to various places and making plans for future events. On Tuesday the staff had a little birthday party for me and another staff member, David. It was really thoughtful of them!



I went to school twice this week and met the staff and some parents and students. I’ll be helping the English teacher with his class. The school is sponsored by the Iglesia Cristiana Reformada (Christian Reformed Church of Honduras).

It’s one of those crazy weeks at school because there is a holiday today (Dia del Nino, Day of Kids) and there were classroom parties with piñatas, games, candy, cake and other food. On Monday it’s Independence Day and so the kids are practicing for their role in the parade. There is no school at all next week because of Independence Day and yet another holiday. This week is the equivalent of our spring break since the school year ends in about a month and a half.

All in all, things are going really well for us. We’re excited to be here and are very content with all that surrounds us.

The internet is a long way from our house, so we’ll probably only go once a week at best. Continue to write, though, and we’ll do our best to write back.

--Katie