Fri., 16 Jan. - I have never seen rain like this in Honduras. 3 times since we arrived in Danli Tues. The weather has been cool at nights and our blankets didn’t arrive from Yuscaran. Fortunately we were able to borrow one from Jeannie along with a few other things like a microwave, coffee maker, and toaster. The bed also came from her but was short 9 slats to support the mattress. We have had the carpenter make 9 more, which he delivered tonight. He also put the legs on the tables and took one that had been made by joining two narrow ones and re-split it into 2. These tables are getting expensive. The job on the tables and 9 slats was 700 L.

English Class registration was today. Eva has 68 registered so far and is bound to get a few more Monday, although not everyone is likely to show up. She has 3 which she thinks might be better in a more advanced class on Fridays. Since our tables had not arrived by 3:30, registration took place in the sewing room. There are so many registered that Eva will have to use that room for classes, at least until the numbers drop.

The group from Texas arrived late afternoon yesterday. The men came by this morning and started to build a storage cupboard in the church. Slo-o-ow going. The group is also planning to do some landscaping.

We are still having to cook in the kitchen downstairs and are still having problems with the water. I thought I had the system figured out but went to take a shower this evening and there was no water.

Sat., 17 Jan. - We were able to move into the upstairs kitchen today and no longer have to navigate 23 steps to go from our bedroom, where we kept the food, good pots, etc., to the kitchen.

The Texas team continued working on the storage cupboard, held a seminar on growing vegetables and started to build sample plots, a leadership seminar, and a vision clinic. all were very well attended.
Josefina Santos who many teams from past years will remember was by this afternoon and will be here for the dedication of the second floor tomorrow. Bishop Allan will be officiating. We had a good visit. Josefina continues to work for the Lutheran Church. Last year she was sent to England, Germany, and Italy to take courses. Later this year she expects to go to Chile for a 2 month course.

Tues., 19 Jan. - We went to Yuscaran with Jeannie for the meeting of the staff of Yuscaran Deanery. However when we got there, no one was around. Jeannie phoned Dean Dagoberto and learned the meeting was in Ojo de Agua, 20 km away and which we had driven by. With us was a family who were meeting Kathy Pennybacker to go Tegucigalpa with her. The little girl, about 2, was sick in the car.

Deacon Lourdes Herrera is to be ordained priest in March and will be the Vicar of the town of Yuscaran.

After the meeting Jeannie dropped us in central Danli where we visited the hotel where the ‘Pilgrimage’ team will be staying in March, then had some keys cut and returned home.

Eva had her first English classes yesterday and as usual, only some of those registered showed up. There was a slight confusion with some of those registered and they thought they were to come Tues. They didn’t meet for long as there was a lot of noise from the construction and it was