Rick and Cheryl on Adventure

I am writing on the last full day of our adventure in Tegucigalpa, and it has been a super experience all around. The team, both Canadian and Honduran, has opened their ministry and their hearts to us, which has enabled us to discern their needs and attempt to fill some gaps for them, thus accomplishing our goals for this trip. Cheryl developed 34 ESL lessons, taught 6 classes, and is passing the torch on to a member of the team, who has never taught English before but loves these students and is willing to serve them the best she can. Cheryl's prayer is that she will develop confidence in her teaching and delight in a ministry that she can call her own. The culmination of Rick's work here is now being shared with the main members of the team in 2 half-day training workshops encompassing organizational structure, policy manual, budget spreadsheet, leadership styles, team values and code of conduct, and performance management. I bet you all wish you could have attended these w...

Well - we only have about 2 weeks left on this assignment and we are on track to accomplish all that we anticipated doing. We have plenty of down time and have been jogging/walking around the nice, spongy Olympica track or doing Holy Yoga on the open-air upper deck most mornings. We have even gone to two movies while here, enjoying much more comfortable seats than back in Regina. It's really no hardship to live here. Tegucigalpa is widely known as one of the most dangerous cities in the world, but we have not seen or felt this vibe. We walk the dog in the gated colonia across the street from the house we are staying in or stroll down the busy street to the stadium in the early mornings. We zoom around safely locked in the vehicle during the day with traffic all around us, and we don't wander out after 6:00 pm - it's pitch black anyway, so what would you do? We've been "downtown," parking at malls and restaurants, but haven't seen any shady characters. I...