I have lost track of my bonus days! I am not really sure where to start counting. We were scheduled to leave on Thursday and we didn't, so I am not sure if that should count as my first bonus day or if Friday should be my first bonus day.
Thursday morning we went to the airport and checked in and our flight was delayed. We waited a couple of hours and then it was canceled. The team came back to the guesthouse, but I spent that afternoon and night in the hospital with Rachael, she had an intestinal infection and was dehydrated. She was feeling much better Friday morning. I was quite impressed with the hospital and medical facilities, and even though I had victory over the reclining chair that did not want to recline, I did not get very much sleep on Thursday night.
Friday was a bonus day because I hung out at the guesthouse all day reading and resting, it was lovely. Yes our flight was canceled, but it was truly relaxing and lovely.
Saturday was a bonus day, we found out our flight was canceled and so we went to the airport to try to get on another airline. While we were there they actually closed the airport for a time and NOTHING was landing or taking off - not a great sign. Terry Hawk (the field director for WGM Honduras) and I spent an hour and a half at the desk trying to get our team home. The clerk that helped us - Daniel actually helped us on Thursday to retrieve items that we lost going through security on our canceled flight that day. He was very helpful and we were able to rebook our flights for tomorrow. 7 team members - Zach, Brittney, Rachael, JJ, Shianne, Danny, and Deanna will be leaving at about 4:30am to drive to another international airport in Honduras (it is about 4 1/2 hours away) they will be flying out tomorrow. The other 7 of us (Gabriel, Sarah, Angel, Stephanie, Nick, Julianna, and me) will try again to fly out of Teguc tomorrow. This may seem like a strange solution, but because of all the canceled flights, some people today were being told they will not be able to get a flight until Thursday.
Anyway, today's bonus day was really great. After the airport, we went out to lunch. We went to the mall and ate in the food court - Burger King. Then the team wandered around the mall for a while and I got to visit with the missionaries that are currently taking care of us, Terry and Colleen Hawk. Then some of the group stayed behind at the guesthouse and the rest of us went to a park with an overlook of the city and a giant statue of Jesus and a Chinese garden and a replica of a Mayan temple - strange combination I agree. Then we went to the National Churches retreat center and learned a little more about the ministries here in Honduras, it was really a great day.
Tomorrow is a bonus day, it is Sunday and those of us traveling from here in Teguc will have the opportunity to go to an early service tomorrow morning on our way to the airport with Mark and Serena Dunbar (the missionaries who will be taking care of our half of the team) - I am really looking forward to that.
So many blessings in these bonus days - to have a place to stay and food to eat - the airlines have not provided any of those things. What a blessing to have traveled with a mission organization that is providing those things (I love World Gospel Mission!) Also, how amazing the missionaries here are, it was wonderful to get to be at El Sembrador and be with the missionaries and volunteers there - they were all wonderful. But a bonus, we have also been able to spend time with the missionaries here in Teguc, they have also been amazing! This team is not scheduled to be here and the missionaries have other responsibilities and ministries, but they have been so gracious and wonderful - truly flexible - what wonderful examples and beautiful testimonies!
Well, it is late and I need to be off to sleep. Please continue to pray for us!
In Him,
Shushan
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