Rev. Mark Wright greeted us just outside of customs and drove us to our lovely Inn in the van he has rented in order to take the three different groups all around the countyside this week. We were only a little disconcerted to be greeted by a porter who doubled as an armed guard to help with our luggage. After a short time to drop off our luggage we were lucky that he had the afternoon to drive us to Valle de Angeles, a village just outside of Tegucigalpa which is your standard tourist type spot. Jane went just a little crazy buying local souvenirs, but we were more or less assured by Mark that this would be our only opportunity for shopping, since the villages we will visit the rest of the week don't see tourists.
We met up with the rest of his family back at the inn for dinner. Wife Ashley came with sons Ethan, Elliot and Gabriel. We sat in the covered open-air courtyard and enjoyed getting to know them a little better. Mark's responsibility here includes enhancing the relationship between our US Presbyterian congregations and the Presbyterian Church of Honduras. Our Living Waters visit is a great opportunity to further that mission!
On the one hand it feels a little odd to be in such a comfortable setting, with Wi-Fi, TV, etc., but on the other hand, since we have been told NOT to wander from the inn, we are more or less captive here until Rev. Wright comes back to pick us up.
Midday the folks from the church in Tennessee will arrive, and then Mark will take all four of us to our first remote site.
Running low on battery here in the lobby (signal is poor in the room). Hopefully Jane will add to my entry before we leave for the day.
Take a moment to look at the slideshow of all the pictures we took yesterday.
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