My Vida en Accion 2

Just some more pictures of the Vida en Accion trip. Few of the pictures are of the group handing out meds. And notice, the mountains used to be all jungle. Now they are completely deforested. Crazy.

My Vida en Accion

This is the second 'Vida en Accion' I went on. Vida en Accion is the name of the 'program' TOLM created. Guy and some of the leaders here bring kids on trips up into the mountains. They carry in anything the community they are visiting needs. Many times that includes wheelchairs (made from a plastic chair and mountain bike tires) and beds, which you can see people carrying in the above pictures. While there they also provide dental and medical clinics, as well as pass out food, vitamins, deparasiting pills, and a ton more. These pictures are from the walk into the village. It was a 45 minute walk up a mountain side; absolutely beautiful.

My Pictures from Honduras 2

First couple are of us ziplining through the mountains above some Mayan ruins (only slightly cool ;) ) the middle one is of Welvim a guy I've hung out with a bit here so far. We watched the Barcelona v Real game last weds together. And the final ones are of a bbq I went on with some of the guys from Escalon.

My Pictures from Honduras 1

Just some pictures. I posted an update on Facebook and sent it out to some folks emails as well.

First couple are of the school. The next few are of the mountains during vida en accion. One of the ministries based out of TOLM.

My Honduran Adventure

Hey all!

Well I'm officially in Honduras. I arrived yesterday night; the flights and all went smoothly. And just for emphasis with some of my friends who have horrible luck while traveling: I also received all my luggage promptly and on time. Hope you folks enjoy that ;).

The school I am staying at is called Plan Escalon. It is both a school and an orphanage and serves casi 600 estudiantes. The layout of the campus reminds me quite a bit of a summer camp back in the states. It is completely self-sustainable in the fact that it is more like a college campus, with dorms, a cafeteria, offices, classrooms, a basketball court and soccer fields. It also has a clinic which is where I will be helping out. The clinic serves the students and staff and isn't exactly huge. It is one room split by a curtain into an examination/drug room and an office. The paramedic/EMT/nurse who runs it is an guy by the name of Joseph. He has been doing it for 4 years now and does everything from passing basic drugs to minor surgeries. Very cool stuff.

I stay in a bunkhouse with a kitchen on the second floor. Currently I am staying alone, and will be for the majority of the trip, but on weds I will be sharing the bunkhouse with six men from another ministry in Honduras. That might be pretty interesting, seeing as my spanish todavia esta rusty. Yesterday I spoke spanish almost all day long; even making some friends with a few of the students at the school. I played soccer with a few of them as well. My verb and noun agreement is currently awful, but I can recognize when I do something wrong and begin to fix it, which is one step in the right direction.

Alright well Ive already spent more time on this computer than I meant to. Hope everyone is doing well back in the States and wherever else you are when you read this. Ill update again when I have more stories.

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