The Gilen family from our church took all of our children to a water park and then out to eat to celebrate Fabi's birthday, which is today. That gave Joyce and I the afternoon off and we took advantage of it by doing something we've been longing to do since we moved here.
San Pedro Sula is walled on the Western perimeter by very rugged mountains and Joyce & I have been saying how much we'd love to find a way to drive up in the and see what we would see. Well, yesterday our pastor's son, Mark gave us directions and off we headed. We climbed and climbed and then climbed some more. The flora was typical rainforest and it was beautiful in spite of a narrow road that left something to be desired. We climbed so high we drove right through the clouds speeding by us and then kept climbing until we emerged above them in the bright sunlight. It was incredible; the vistas were beyond on description of mountain after mountain after mountain. At one point we stopped and talked w/ a old man who lived in one of the many tiny villages on the mountainside. He was great and obviously was pleased to have a 'gringo' stop to talk w/him. He told us if we kept going we would eventually end up in Guatemala. We really can't wait to do it again...it reminded us so much of our time in mountains in Haiti.
The kids also had a great day...the Gilens purchased life jackets for everyone and they went to the water park w/a new confidence. The reports were great fun had by all AND all were well behaved, PTL!
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