So I haven't posted much but pictures lately (and I know that's probably what you all want to see), but now I get to bore you with the stories behind all the pictures!
The last last post I posted some pictures that had a parade and a waterfall and I'm sure you're all dying to know what they were all about so I'll tell you. On Saturday we woke up early and caught a few buses to the entrance to Pico Bonito which is really the mountain peak (actually, the highest point in Honduras), but it's known for the waterfall attraction it contains. We hiked about a mile through a pineapple field and then about a mile and a half up through the forest on a crazy path until we finally arrived (after seeing a few snakes and other fun things) at the waterfall. And lemme tell you...this waterfall was the most beautiful thing I've probably ever seen. From afar, it just looks like a standard waterfall, but I've never actually had the chance to go up and swim underneath a waterfall before, and that's exactly what I did. We had to scale some sketchy and slippery rocks in order to get to where the falls were actually falling, but Joe and I were the only ones who made it up. When I finally got to the waterfall, I climbed up on a few rocks and perched on top of one, just staring at the falls with the mist from the falls on my face. As the sun shone through the water, I was taken by the beauty of this waterfall and I fell in love with it, and I'm going again this weekend! So maybe I can get some better pictures of it to show you all (hopefully without breaking my camera).
That night we went to a parade in Porvenir that they have every few weeks and got to hear a drumline play some music and got to watch some "princesas" of Porvenir walked down the street in beautiful dresses and escorts. We followed the whole parade, and it really made me feel like part of the community! We found Herman and Fernando (two kids that ride the bus with us in the morning to school), and I took Herman on my shoulders for a lot of the time. I love that kid so much. I'd probably adopt him if I could...but I'm going to be really sad when I have to leave him :( but I'll hopefully be back next summer :).
On Wednesday it was my BIRTHDAY, and there's no better place to have a birthday than Honduras with my amigos and amigas of Porvenir! Most the day was really laid back and normal...except in the morning during devotional at Ninos de la Luz Tania brought me upfront in front of all the kids...apparently it's tradition to, on your birthday, receive the amount of SPANKS for however many years you're turning! So I got 20 spanks, 2 from Joe, 3 from Mary, 3 from Steve (another volunteer), 3 from Courtney (another volunteer), 3 from Yorleni (4th grade teacher), 3 from Julia (5th grade teacher), 2 from Beatrice (1st grade teacher), and 1 from Tania (that was SUPER hard!)! And I have it ALL on video...but it's too big to post, otherwise I totally would. But yeah that was a birthday celebration I'll NEVER forget. And the rest of the day the kids were all wishing me happy birthday and it was super cute! At nighttime, Michelle offered to make me dinner for my birthday, and she made me Coconut Shrimp with vegetables and rice and it was awesome! Then the girls surprised me with DIRT DESSERT (my favorite) and a nice birthday card! It was an awesome birthday night, but tonight (Friday) we'll be truly celebrating by going downtown, so I'm looking forward to it!
On a different note, Joe's been having some stomach problems over the past week, and yesterday he went to the doctor for it and he got prescribed some medication that will hopefully take care of it! We're hoping it's just some indigestion or a little stomach bug he got, but just wish him well!
Stay tuned, more to come after this weekend :)
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