Winter Wonderland

Dark and gloomy below the inversion- but gloriously sparkly and sunny, with cloudless skies, above!  Kind of like life at times! Our friends of 40 years took us snowshoeing on New Years Day- and the outing gave us new perspective!

We visiting our Honduran neighbors, the Greenes,(here in Wa.  in Bellingham). What a fun reunion! We met their adult kids, their grandkids, and managed to take in a delightful Celtic Christmas concert.  The main fiddler was a Scottish miss, who could dance, fiddle, and sing all at the same time!  Made us homesick for Iain and Liz McKenzie back in Honduras, with 2 hours of that accent!

After Christmas, the cabinet man arrived for a day of BIG MESSES to put in the countertop. Now have hooked up dishwasher, and rearranged cabinets, waiting expectantly for arrival of the remaining few cabinets to complete the kitchen project the end of January. Then we can put in all the flooring- these past months here we've been treading lightly on plywood flooring to prevent slivers!
We've delighted in calls from our Honduran coworkers, and missionary friends. Xiomara, now doing her social service at the hospital, seems to be thriving. We talked to her and her 5 yr old son this week- sure put smiles on our faces! Another 2 coworkers are revving up to begin nursing school in February- that will make 7 homegrown nurses! A slow trickle has begun to enter the workforce at the hospital- raised in the area, with family there, so not likely to leave us! Slowly they are learning to use email so keeping in better touch when we're out of Honduras. Looking forward to returning February 8, just in time for opening day of this year's LPN program, in which we will have 2 scholarshipped students again, one in the private and one in the public. God is good in providing the needs of Loma de Luz!