Just Another Day In Paradise :)

So yesterday… yeah lots of adventures.

I broke into a person’s house to get a school book. Then after breaking in and putting in the screen and all the windows slates back, I realized I left my Crocs in the locked house. So… I rode the bike back barefoot to school, and then had to pick up my shoes later that night and tell the owner of the house how my shoes ended up in his house.

Last night I jumped off a Land Cruiser going 20 miles an hour and skidded to a halt on the Honduran road only to have my face stop in a puddle. Limped up to my house and chased off a horse… again, and took a shower to clean all the mud off only to find out that I now have a bruised shoulder and knee, that my forearm is all scraped up, and I have a scraped chin.

And now today has been pretty good. Only had a half day at school and during the second half we showed Toy Story 2 because the kids have come on time and accomplished their homework this month.

Now tonight I have a bible study with a few Honduran guys. Have been going through Romans and it’s been really sweet. Love how in the first few chapters it “levels the playing field,” so to speak…

“What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin, 10 as it is written: ‘None is righteous, no, not one; 11 no one understands; no one seeks for God. 12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.’” - Romans 3:9-12

The righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. - Romans 3:22-24

It’s a gift people, you can’t earn a true gift. You can’t buy a gift… That’s what a gift is, - something bestowed or acquired without any particular effort by the recipient or without its being earned.

Grace is amazing... that’s all I can say.

And now since my battery is dying, I am off to make dinner and prepare for Bible Study. Adios

3 Trash Cans

So there are 3 different types of trash here.

First we have Burnables.

This is the main type of trash, composed of all things that burn. This includes all paper trash (boxes, paper towels, cartons, toilet paper) and plastic burns... yes plastic burns. All this trash is taken to the incinerator. A big black metal box that has 25 foot long stove pipe attached to it. When this gets full, it is lite and smoke bellow out of the top of the pipe telling people not to open the heavy metal door but to leave their bags by the building for the next fire.

Second is Recyclables.

This trash contains things like glass or metal. This this includes tin cans, jelly jars, soda cans, glass bottles, and anything else that doesn't burn. This is taken to a big metal container that is located right beside the incinerator, up on a cement slab. Once you climb the up the 7 or so slanted steps, while clinging to the PVC pipe railing, you throw all the recyclables together in the big metal box.

The final trash is Food Scraps.

This is any left over food pieces that you left over from cooking or your meal. This can not be left more than 24 hours before dumping. Ants are the primary reason for the rapid throwing out, although smell is another. This trash is taken out to the pit... a 15 foot hole that is about 4 feet by 4 feet. The smell isn't the best and the hole is now filled with a rancid water and rotten food mixture. For some reason I always end up taking my scraps out to the pit at night without a flashlight. The fear of falling in to the gooey mess is always a factor because there is like now way one could get out once they plunge in.

Well there you have it. :)