WATERFALLS!

Greetings from windy windy Honduras! Yup, windy. It is crazy the strength of this wind - it could knock over a young child! It certainly keeps me off balance. Plus, the dust - oh gosh - I have never seen so much dust in my life. Our house is filled with it - we sweep and 10 minutes later the floor and all of our shelves are covered. We even wake up covered in dust and dirt! Then there is the trash - our front yard is the gathering place for all lost trash in Colomoncagua. I do not know where it all comes from, but it is all in our front yard and outside our gate. This wouldn’t be so bad if there was trash service, but since there isn’t we either have to pick up all the trash and burn it or Brian gets to take all of it to the makeshift dump. Either way it is not a fun process!

Sunday, March 1st was Saudy’s seventh birthday. Since she doesn’t know her birthday (kids here rarely know how old they are and their birthdate) her mom, dad, Brian, and I were able to surprise her with a fun day. Dinora (Saudy;s mom) came over late Saturday to ask if we could go to her house in the morning to make pizza and other food (but she needed me to make the pizza) and then go out to the waterfalls to swim and picnic. So, we went over the their house around 8:30am on Sunday made pizza - one big one and Saudy made one small one all for herself, refried beans, rice, salsa, carne asada, and tortillas. Dinora had bought a delicious tres leches cake from Dona Liliam (who makes the best tres leches cake not only in Colo, but I am convinced all of Central America and possibly even the US). We packed everything in their pick-up and went to the waterfalls. Brian and I had been to the bottom of the falls with my mom and sister, but this time we went to the top. Since the cab only fits two - we sat in the back and got nice and dirty since it is a dirt road all the way to the falls. We found a good place to set up and then did a little bit of swimming. I had not planned on swimming and didn’t bring shorts to swim in (people here generally do not have bathing suits so they swim in shorts and a shirt, I think it is also a modesty issue as well), but while taking a photo with my feet in the water, I slipped!! So, I ended up doing a bit of wading in the water. It was a great day for us and I think for Saudy and her family as well. I felt so special to be invited along since we really were the only guests.