I'm Home

Just a quick post to let everyone know that I made it home safely last night. Thanks to everyone that was praying for me! I've still got several more pictures that I haven't posted yet, so I'll be doing that soon!

La Casita

On Tuesday afternoon, we went out to eat at a local restaurant, La Casita.

This is what I had to eat...steak, chismo (onions, peppers, tomotoes, cilantro, & lemon juice), beans, quesoblanco (a type of white cheese), and fried platinos (similar to bananas.) It was all good!

Mrs. Horton and her baby

the Horton's son and daughter

the Horton's daughter

Making Tortillas

On Monday morning, we went over to Ms. Ilda's house to watch/help her make tortillas. It was very interesting, and they tasted a whole lot better than what we buy at home!

making corn tortillas

She also made flour tortillas and put on them refried beans, scrambled eggs, and some sort of grated white cheese (similar to parmesan.) It actually tasted pretty good!

making flour tortillas

the pila

(it's used for washing clothes, etc.)

a lady washing clothes in the pila

Ms. Ilda's husband, Josea, and daughter, Ivette, and son, Dany

(Josea was one of the first people saved through the Horton's ministry)

a school that we passed...they were just getting out

Passing Out Tracks and Candy

On Saturday morning, we drove around in the country and passed out tracks and candy to a bunch of kids (and adults, too.) It was a neat experience!

This is government owned land, but squatters have built little shacks and are living there. If they stay long enough, they have certain squatter's righs, and sometimes can even claim the land for their own!

this is the entrance to a farm

some men reading the tracks we gave them

giving candy to a little boy

giving candy to some little girls

(and no, he's not about to punch her! Lol!)

the starting of an irrigation ditch

(the water comes down out of the mountain)

I think these people had just finished washing their clothes.

the water is about four feet deep

These boys were wrestling, but quickly stopped when they saw that we had candy! :-)

look at those smiles!!!

an elderly man who we gave a track to

the Horton's son passing out tracks

This is a coconut tree, but it's actually a different variety than what we get our coconut from. The Hortons say it doesn't taste good!

This children's home (orphange) is run by the missionary at the church where the Hortons are helping out.

The kids sang a couple of songs for us. I took a couple of video clips, so hopefully I'll be posting them on here sometime soon!

some ladies washing clothes in the irrigation ditch

it is so pretty here!

this is a common problem...cows in the road!

a couple of guys on bicycles catching a ride by holding onto the back of an ox cart

(they also do this with 18 wheelers on the highway!)

a gas station!

the town of La Jamani

(about 20,000 people here and in the surrounding area...and no Baptist churches!)

some property that the Hortons are looking at and praying about

so pretty!