Thursday, September 30, 2010



out & about
We've been adusting to being here, having spanish lessons everyday, and exploring the town we are in! We've made friends and were even invited to a Mennonite wedding! We actually didn't personally know the couple, but we knew the bride's sister, so somehow that counts! The bride was 16 and the groom was 18!  Here are a couple pictures from the wedding. It was a typical Honduran wedding, it started an hour and a half late, rained, and the power was out the whole time! What a great memory for the rest of their lives! The cake was made by our spanish teachers mom. I would love to say it was as delicious as it was beautiful... but  they didn't cut it, what a total waste in my opinion!


Sandy and JoAnn with the bride



me and Cynthia, our spanish teacher

A couple days later there was a Miss Guaimaca beauty pageant for the high school girls. After the pageant was over and a winner was announced there was a "Miss Guaimaca Parade!" It was a really neat parade, I might even say my favorite ever, simply because of the coolest munecas (dolls) I've even seen! They were way more than dolls though! They were 2 story tall puppet-like things. People were underneath the clothes the dolls had on carrying them down the street. They were dancing with them and twirling them all around! They had  paper-mache faces, mops as hair, facial hair... I was so into them, they were so darn neat! In the parade there was a local school marching band, men on stilts, motorcycles, horses and severl neat floats with girls in suits and elaborate head-dresses! We watched it from our spanish teachers balcony in downtown! I'm so glad we got to see it!



"Miss Guaimaca" 
notice the kid hitchin a ride!

















We are enjoying getting to experience and learn so many things about this culture everyday!

-brooke & daniel

3 comments:

  1. Very proud of you guys and the work you are doing in Honduras. Love and prayers for you. Thanks for sharing your adventure this way!

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  2. So awesome!! I'm so happy you are getting to experience so many different things. Can't wait to sit down face to face and hear all the stories of this great trip. I love you both!!
    Momma

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