No matter how old they are, kids NEVER listen to their parents!!

No matter how old a child is, they STILL don't listen to their parents! Tom's son Jeff came down a few days ahead of the team so he could spend some time with us alone.  We needed a third driver so Tom felt it would be a good opportunity for Jeff to practice driving here before the team came in.  Jeff was SUPER nervous at first, but settled in quite nicely.   On Sunday, another team member came in early as well. Yesterday, the team was to arrive around noon.  We needed to rent a pick up truck due to all the supplies that we needed to take with us.  We are heading back to the place we have been several times previously where we bathed in a bucket and were without electricity for most of the time we were there. I bring all the food, cooking supplies, utensils, etc etc etc as well as all the tools we will need for the construction project. Anyway, We had Jeff drive (along with Rick as co-pilot) over to a Burger King, which is directly across from the airport.  We gave them money and my cell phone and told them to have lunch there and wait for us to call them. Once we called them, they were to meet us at a gas station on the way out of town.

Tom and I go over to pick up the rental truck and check on the team' s arrival.  The team is on time and working their way through customs and immigration.  The truck, however, wasn't there.  The rental company in which we had reserved a truck didn't have one (Does this sound familiar? This is the third time this has happened to us). They are calling everyone they know to find us one.  The team, in the meantime, has come out and are looking for us.  I tell them to go stand outside in the beautiful weather and wait for us to deal with the rental.  The team was so glad to get in the warmth of the sunshine, that they didn't mind at all. Tom asked where the netting for the truck was.  I told them Jeff and Rick packed it so he needed to call Jeff and  ask him.  Since they were sitting across the street, it would only be a second to get it (or so I thought).  Tom goes off to call Jeff and then comes back and doesn't say anything.  So I ask him where the netting is.  Tom says, "Oh, Jeff has it."  So I say, "is he coming over to bring it or are you walking over to get it "and Tom says, "Jeff isn't there anymore.  He decided to go to the gas station and wait there."  Are you kindling me?!  Is that what we told him to do???? First of all, why would you sit in a vehicle at a gas station when you could be sitting in an air conditioned restaurant? Secondly, is that what we told him to do? Nooooooooooooo. So now Tom has to get in the van and drive down to the gas station, get the netting and then fight the traffic back to the airport and pay to park again. KIDS!  

We finally got on the road about 1:30pm.  We get to the "hotel" just before the sun sets, which is a good thing.  As we are telling the team about what they can and can't do (like you don't throw toilet paper in the toilet, it goes in a basket beside the toilet), one of the team members states that "you need to put the toilet paper sunny side down" because she doesn't want to look at it in the basket. It was pretty funny; wish I had thought of it.

As I unpack the snacks that the team has brought to share, I see a bag full of coffee.  Seriously?! Someone brought coffee to the coffee capital of the world?  Who would bring coffee INTO the country instead of taking it home?  Turns out it was the pastor of the team.  Marty brought Starbucks coffee INTO Honduras.  I asked him why he would do such a thing.  I told him Starbucks USES Honduran coffee IN their coffee.  He says, he knew that because he read it on the box. oookkkkaaayyyy. He just wanted to be sure he had coffee to drink.  Obviously, he doesn't know he is working with the BEST work and witness coordinators in the world.

This morning, I was hanging in my room and saw a very large frog watching me from the shower. This is the same room where last year, Tom chased a humongous spider around the room.  And then later, the electricity went off for a few hours. Yep, it's good to be back…