Tegucigalpa

Well, we are finally here! After a long plane ride and under 4 hours of sleep, we are here in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. Everything has mostly gone smoothly, we managed to get through customs, change money, and get a taxi and hotel room successfully even with our terrible Spanish.

Honduras is beautiful...but at the same time there is such incredible poverty. Today we walked down to an open-air market to buy clothes and shoes for the children at House of Hope. The streets are so narrow, and drivers are reckless. :-) We had fun exploring, though, and were able to buy a lot for the kids.

When we first arrived it was a beautiful day, not too hot, but later on it started to rain--and I mean RAIN. hehe There was quite a downpour, and the loudest thunder I´ve heard. Apparently in Puerto Lempira it will rain like that every day, all day...so I guess it´s a good thing we brought rain coats. ;-)

We have an early flight to Puerto Lempira tomorrow, and we´ll be leaving the hotel at 6:30. Hopefully the plane won´t be too small; we´re just glad we have a direct flight, otherwise we´d be in a little propeller plane. We´re getting so excited to finally arrive in Puerto Lempira and House of Hope; it´s been very good to relax a little and sight-see before we get to work. Keep us in your prayers as we fly out, and as we get settled in PLP.

We´ll try to update as often as possible, but we´re not sure how accessible the internet will be. Keep checking back every so often, and hopefully we´ll be able to keep you guys posted! Muchos gracias for all your prayers and support! Hasta luego!

--Yoko and Misha