Two weeks left :o

Saturday we had a big yard sale! We sold a lot of things we had around the house but could not keep. Thanks to Becky's mom for letting us sell her stuff too. God is awesome, we made a bunch of money and got rid of almost all of our things. We also sold ALL of our furniture, now our apartment is bare! After 2pm, we left the few items we had left outside and put a big FREE sign on them. Our neighbors picked up everything but a few clothes, so we have hardly anything to drag over to the thrift store.

Sunday we went to church ...our next to last Sunday in the states :( Then we went to Becky's mom's house, she prepared an AWESOME one year anniversary dinner for us! YUM! Thanks guys, and happy one year anniversary Becky, I love you so much!

Today we moved out the last of our furniture, ran a bunch of errands, got an oil change, bought some "learn spanish" books (entiendo ingles), and bought cat carriers we can take on the plane. I also lost most of my keys, but never found them...

Tomorrow we are driving down to Angela's in West Palm Beach, should be fun!

so little time...

We're back in Florida after a CRAZY buy WONDERFUL couple of weeks. It was great to see everyone again, some of the people we stayed with we hadn't seen since the wedding! Now, though, we have to get down to business... packing the house and taking care of all the details. Whew! Who knew we had so much junk?!? Thanks to my mom for helping us sort through everything, without her we wouldn't get anything done (even if we do make frequent brownie breaks - hey, we have to use up the mixes before we leave, don't we?)

We bought our tickets. Apparently, when you fly with animals, 2 are allowed on per plane as carry-ons. What they don't tell you is that one is allowed in coach, and one in business (their version of first class). At first we were a bit dismayed since we're broker than broke, but on the phone they hooked us up with a really good price that was even better than the coach ticket online. I'm now looking forward to my first ride in the front of the plane! Hope Dave doesn't miss me too much while he's cramped in the back! :) It's only a 2 hour flight anyway...

About Honduras

For those of you know don't know much about Honduras and where we'll be staying, here is some of the basic info (courtesy of world factbook):

capital - Tegucigalpa

where we'll be - La Ceiba, on the north coast

approx. size - slightly bigger than Tennessee
president - Manuel Zelaya
currency - Lempira

exchange rate - ~19:1
declared independence - Sept. 15, 1821 (from Spain)

hurricane Mitch - killed ~5600, $2 billion in damage

ethnicity - mestizo (mixed Amerindian and European) 90%, Amerindian 7%, black 2%, white 1%

religions - Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%

language - Spanish, Amerindian dialects

flag symbolism - The blue and white and the five stars represent the United Provinces of Central America

GPD per capita (Purchasing Power Parity)- $3100

unemployment rate - 27.9%

population below poverty line - 53%

agriculture products - bananas, coffee, citrus; beef; timber; shrimp

industry - sugar, coffee, textiles, clothing, wood products

american food walking distance from school - Pizza Hut, Applebees, BK, Wendy's, Popeye's, Dunkin' Donuts, Baskin Robbins

where Becky can get coffee - Espresso Americano

How to get started...

Any suggestions? Having been called to Honduras with about a month to take care of all the loose ends makes for an interesting month... We're currently in the process of figuring out what to do with our stuff (furniture, etc.) and how to take our cats on a plane to Central America! Hopefully they'll forgive us...