Author Archives: Celeste

Bas-ket-ball….

Our Pre-Juvenille Basketball players We’ve watched a few of those basketball movies where the coach takes the kids to a winning pennant in 90 minutes. Harold is learning the differences in coaching his daughters instead of his sons. Sometimes girls … Continue reading

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Under Construction

The continuous rumble of the cement mixer is the one thing that mars this perfect day, I thought. While in the US people are posting fall photos, life here on the mountain in Honduras remains quite the same. Perhaps it’s a little … Continue reading

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Agradecidos!

Somehow it has more meaning in Spanish. It’s one of the cases where this second language requires fewer words to communicate a meaning. Gratefulness translates as a verb in Spanish and the noun part is understood by the ending. Because giving thanks … Continue reading

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Rag rollers

“Mom will you roll my hair up in curlers?”she asks. So between dinner and devotions we sit in a row and take sections of damp hair and roll them up with pieces of an old sheet. We read about it … Continue reading

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Noche de Talentos

“Noche de Talentos” the youth called it. Saturday roughly 220 folks gathered, milling in groups for almost an hour before the program finally started.  Our girls helped act out a drama on the parable of the 10 virgins and closed with a … Continue reading

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