Sorry about that last post folks. I’m not sure what happened so I’ll carry on from just before the last post ended.


Rev. Dean Juan Jose of Copan Deanery in white with 3 of Eva´s students

PRICES are interesting here. ($1 cdn = about 15.1 L). This afternoon I visited the barber, 25 L (about $1.65), then went across the street and bought 10 eggs, 28 L,($1.85). A 2.5 liter bottle of coca cola costs 26 L, and a taxi ride anywhere in Danli/Nueva Esperanza costs 15 L per person. When we buy fresh corn tortillas they are 3 for 1 L, (about 10 cm diameter), and a loaf of bread is 25 L. Bananas are 2 for 1 L and oranges are 2 L or 3 L depending on size. Tomatoes run 3 L each and potatoes are 15 L lb. Lean ground beef is usually 42 L per lb. Most US made goods and food tend to be more expensive than Central American. And for you drivers, premium gas is 57 L per US gallon, about $0.89 liter.

Tues., 17 Feb. - Jeanie headed for the Us today and we went with her to do errands and drive her car back which we can use while she is away.

At the end of Jan. we rec’d word of a donation for chairs, bibles or hymn books for churches in Honduras. Today we went to the dioecian office in Tegucigalpa after dropping Jeannie off and picked up the cheque. We then had to go to a bank which specializes in cashing US cheques where Eva opened an account to enable her to cash the cheque. All told it took about an hour. I wish they had inter-branch banking here. The money will be used for hymn books in Oropoli, and Sunday School furniture in Jacalaipa, both missions where the pastor is supported by SAMS Canada. We plan on presenting them during our visit with the people on the pilgrimage.

After cashing the cheque we went to a friend’s home, Patti Eregurie, for lunch, then on to the church Santa Maria where we met with Rev. Dean Maria Consuelo to discuss the plans for the Pilgrimage while in her deanery, Francisco Morizan.

The drive home was uneventful except that I only hit one of the hundreds of pot holes between Ojo de Agua and Danli. We got home about 5:40 and had spaghetti for supper using a sauce already made. Eva had a class at 6:30.