This is a place holder post.
It is Saturday and we are on the move.
As a side note: I am writing this while on the plane from Tegucigalpa to Houston. It may have an odd time date stamp on the blog as a result. United decided to give us free Wi-Fi, so I am trying it out.
To start with, we breakfasted and checked out of Hotel Casal this morning.
We had some hours between checkout and when we had to get to the airport. So we did some driving and sight seeing.
First stop was a roadside cantina. Luis was caught in traffic, so we stopped where we had a good view and waited.
Luis and family caught up with us. See attached skyline picture taken while we waited.
Next stop was the Christ statue. That one is worth a post by itself later.
We then went to the basilica. Again, please look for more later.
Along the way, Luis' daughter needed a lift. This week she has been the mascot of the team.
Early on, she realized she had most of us wrapped around her little finger. And we all had fun. Today was my turn to give her a ride on my shoulders, dance a bit and have fun. This is also where I get the title of this post.
The picture of her on my shoulders was taken at stop #3. That is the site of a larger church under construction. It has about 2-3 years left until it is complete. Right now it looks like a big construction site with little about it that looks like a church. That will change once they get to work on the main sanctuary.
Moving along, we got to the airport and got checked in Ok. There was a minor issue with my bags. Security was curious about my tools so I got called over to open up and explain what I carry.
At the airport we saw Corina again. Corina is married to another translator we know (another translator Luis!). Luis used to translate and cook for teams visiting Honduras. I am not sure what he is doing now.
Returning to Corina, she has Crohn's disease. Various members of the church have helped her over the years with managing this. Back in January of 2014 they put together a deal to fly her to St. Louis and have surgery to help with this. She got top flight care. A year or so later and Corina looks great. She looks so much better that I did not recognize at first. Wow. I will see if anybody has a picture of her I can post later.
That's about it. After some waiting and shopping in the duty free shops, we boarded the plane as nd we are off.
And that brings us to now. We are at 30,000 feet over the gulf of Mexico, headed for home.
Have a good afternoon.
All the best from the construction crew headed for home.
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