Category Archives: Uncategorized

While most of the North American teachers have headed home for a break, summer is just gearing up in the Cochran household. We’re pet sitting for 2 rabbits, a cat, a turtle, and a fish, watering plants and starting cars. … Continue reading →

The calendar, and the fact that there are lots of kids hanging around the house all day indicate that it must be summer, but somehow my brain just can’t adjust. All of the things that my summer used to contain … Continue reading →

The construction continues. Every day. Six days a week. Hammers and a drill. Grinding away cement in a manner that resembles the high pitched scream of the dentist’s drill. Maybe that’s why the sound is so irritating. Unfortunately I’ve had … Continue reading →

Sometimes it seems like the hill is a mile long but I know that’s not true. Trying to walk in air so thick you could slice it doesn’t make it any easier. But we’re determined that if we can just … Continue reading →

After two false starts we finally made some progress up at the school in Limones. We had waited for a man supposedly knowledgeable and able to act as a “foreman” of sorts for the repair projects but he seems to … Continue reading →

It’s something you’re not really thankful for until you can actually see it. Our air here in Tegucigalpa has made news lately. It’s so thick that visibility at the airport was reduced to a mere two miles and the planes … Continue reading →

Today was the first one of our Semana Santa break. We did our rounds of taking care of everyone’s animals. To date we are reponsible for 3 dogs, 2 rabbits, 2 turtles and a fish- plus our own pets. It’s … Continue reading →

Wow, last week was busy. Our littlest hope’s class had the chapel service first thing on Tuesday morning after our day off Monday. It was fun to see Prekinders acting out the Passion Week. She walked around in a blue bathrobe … Continue reading →

While reading of the blustering storms in the Northeastern US, we’re enjoying our own version of a day off here in Central America. The past two Mondays we’ve enjoyed an extended weekend. The first one was technically a “cold day” … Continue reading →

This morning as I walked the kids to school you could smell it. The wind was blowing so hard you couldn’t tell where it was from, but it was definately smoke. “It smells like hotdogs cooking!” said our jubilant one. … Continue reading →