Thursday Update

By Katie

We're still here in Leota, Minnesota, and will be for a few more days. We've been talking via email, phone and skype to lots of our friends and co-workers in Honduras and it sounds like things are becoming more stable. The airport is open again and everyone reports that they're able to travel around the country like normal again. Of course a tension is still in the air because there are still issues to be resolved in the political world, but daily life isn't largely interrupted by that right now. So now we're waiting for the green light from CRWRC that we can go back.

The political world, however, could use a little prayer today. Manuel Zelaya (ousted president) is meeting in Costa Rica with Roberto Micheletti (interim president) in talks mediated by Oscar Arias (Costa Rican president and winner of the Nobel Peace prize for mediations he lead in the 80's). People in Honduras are hopeful that these talks will have sucess and have more going for them than previous attempts did in the weeks and days prior to today. Pray with us for fair talks, clear and honest minds, and a peaceful resolution to the crisis.

To find out more about the daily news in Honduras, we do searches through Google News and always read at least two articles by reputable agencies with each turn of events. I suggest reading two articles because sometimes one will have a slant to one side and reading an opposing angle gives a more full and accurate idea of what's going on. In case you missed the news as it first came out, here's a decently objective article that describes what brought Honduras to this in the first place. http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5686N820090709

We'll try to post a general update every few days, so please keep checking back to the blog to see what we're up to. Thanks for all of your prayers in this situation.