La Posada Copan

... had white curtains, cushions and candles everywhere. There were some Mayan carvings a little hike away so we started down the path and two dogs who live at the Hacienda were our guides. They did lead us astray a few times, but we still love them. The carvings were shaped like toads and I vaguely remember some legend about a Mayan toad king. Simply seeing old things is interesting enough for me. By that time we had to head back to Cofradia for another wonderful week of school!

... 10 mins ride away from the town and were the very first tourists there, in fact I was the very first person to pay my entrance fee that day! <br><br>Copan was the dominant mayan city in the south of their territory, and was part of the larger and more lavish cultural cities of the new world. It certainly was impressive to us even more so with the animal life that we saw on the way in and out of the ruins. Macaws squawked in the trees, their noise leading us to the ...

... thought that was ridiculously expensive but heard that it was worth it, and it was!) <br><br>It was as beautiful as ever. I really enjoyed showing them this spot. My mom was absolutely freaking out going through the waterfall. The only thing I can compare it to is maybe if you were in a hurricane or something... the water is falling so hard that it is difficult to open your ...

... took up most of the back seat. We let my mom sit with the vases and Kim, Paige, and I sat in the trunk with the door flung open. There was a metal bar held in place and we grasped it for dear life but we were all happy to have a ride! They drove us all the way into the town that we were staying in! Truly angels in disguise!<br><br>As a treat, we went to D&amp;D's for a good ol' American dinner. We ate, drank, and were merry.

... 2 times a day, Monday through Thursday, with children 6 to 13 years. We have taught them greetings, colors, numbers, verbs of movement, and all this using songs and physical activity. And it works! It's quite pleasant, I must say, to hear them shout "red" when you show them a red index card or to laugh with them when Petra or I "order" them at full speed: "Everybody jump" Everybody walk ","Everybody crawl "," Sit down "," Stand up" to test their comprehension of ...

... we all work for Habitat. Thrivent Builds here, Thrivent builds there, Thrivent Builds worldwide every where. Sing it: We will, we will build it We will we will build it Thrivent Lutherans came from pretty far to chip on blocks and make rebar. We mix cement and make concrete all with our shovels in the ...

... We also found out that this house would belong to the neediest of families and that the matriarch of the family was gravely ill and not expected to live much longer, so the family has not been able to help in the building of their new home, instead caring for her in her final days. A couple of the family members came down to greet us Monday morning and have stopped in for a few minutes in the late afternoon to see the ...