Doing Well

We are thankful to report that it looks as if the storm is over!! The Lord answered the prayers of His people and protected us here in central Honduras. I have not heard of the extent of damages on the coast of Honduras, but I do know that Nicarauga was hit pretty hard. Please pray for the families there. It rained steadily all night and into the morning, but nothing like the 25 inches they predicted for us. The storm apparently slowed down a lot when it reached the mountains here in Honduras. They were afraid that it would have picked up speed and then stopped here in Tegucigalpa when it reached our mountains. (That is what happened in Mitch) If you look at a map of Honduras, you can see how the mountains curve. What happened in Mitch (and what everyone was afraid would happen again) is the storm slowed down at the first part of the mountains, went over them and picked up speed, then stopped at the next curve of mountains right over Tegucigalpa for a couple of days and dumped 50 inches of rain on the capital. With Felix, the storm slowed down and broke up a lot before moving on. It also moved through here rather quickly. It does not seem like we were even in a storm now that I look outside and see the sunshine. We are very thankful!! We are also thankful and surprised that our power only went off for a few minutes about 5 different times last night and this morning. The Lord is so gracious!!

Aaron is currently downtown with a fellow teacher, Adam Trout, who owns an army-like SUV. They ventured down the mountain to see how things were since the sun was shining up here. He just called me and said that everything is great and that there "is NO chance we are getting out of school tomorrow." We teachers are thankful for the two days off school, but we are all falling behind with our schedules!! It is indeed time to go back, even though I have enjoyed the mornings to sleep in.

Thank you all for your prayers. We will try to keep you updated as we find out any details of the damage done. You may find out more on your news channels, though. Have a great day!