Ay Ay Ay!

Mel is back. I'm sure some of you have seen it on CNN.
He returned to Teguc on Monday and all of Honduras was on lock-down. No one could leave their homes until 10AM Wed. But lucky for us, we could still roam around the Orphanage and carry on as normal. There is a curfew in place now- people are only allowed to be out from 10Am - 6PM. Loiterers have been and will be arrested.

So, needless to say, Derek and I didn't make it back to get our passports. They are still at immigration. We could have gone last week but thought we'd play it safe due to Independence Day (Sept 15). We thought it might be hectic... but like all things, we figure this is not a coincidence but another way for us to TRUST and have pacencia y fe tambien (patience and faith as well).
A group is coming a week from Saturday so we will try to ride into town with the Emmanuel Bus to pick them up. Then we can go to immigration from there and grab a chicken bus home.

We have decided the dates (tentatively, of course) for our trip to renew our visas. On Oct. 12 we will head off to Nicaragua! We will take the chicken bus but we will be stopping in Granada for a few days (to celebrate my 24th) then head to Liberia Costa Rica for a couple days, and lastly, we will hit up Tamarindo! This is if all goes as planned. We will be able to see a volcano or two and tour some National Parks. So excited!! We will return to Emmanuel around Oct. 23, renewed and ready for more work!

Please be praying for this country and all the goings on (politically, spiritually). Pray for our safety. And please be praying for our upcoming travels.

Other than that, business is as usual. Other than what happened about an hour ago, that is... He'd be embarrassed to know I'm telling you but when has that stopped me before? Derek walked into a pole and has a HUGE lump on his head above his left eye (he looks a bit like Quasimodo from the Hunchback of Notre Dame). He is stubborn and won't rest, but I'm sure he's in some pain. So be thinking of him. Or if you insist, you can laugh at him and then pray for him ;) And yes, I took a picture of it.

Thank you all for your continued thoughts!
Amor y Paz.