The stories keep coming. This past
weekend my host parents went to the town of San Jose Comayagua to
pick up my eldest host sister, who has been living out there for the
past year or so. She had been calling everyday for the last month,
asking when they were coming to bring here back home to San Pedro.
This weekend was supposed to be when they were to get her. But as
usual, in Honduras, nothing seems to go as planned. The plan was to
leave on Saturday at 2 pm, but my host dad got back from work around
4 pm. The plan was to drive the truck to be able to bring back her
stuff, but the truck was getting repaired.
So my host parents took off around 5 in
the afternoon, traveling by public transportation, to San Jose. I was
confused why they went because they couldn't bring a house full of
stuff back on public transportation. Also my host sister could have
just ridden public transportation back by herself. They had planned
to be back by Sunday afternoon, but when they were still not back by
evening I went to church by myself. I had just gotten home and
changed out of my church clothes when I saw a giant truck backing up
to the house. It stopped and out came the family, and it was full
with the stuff from the San Jose house.
We spent the next hour and a half
unloading and filling all the nooks, in and around the house, with
boxes, bags, beds, tables, and suitcases. So we now have the task of
figuring out how to fit two houses worth of stuff in one. I have a
feeling the house will be a little cramped for a while. If there is a
Spanish version of the show Hoarders, I think it would be funny to
call them out to the house...
As of today, I have only 10 more days
left in Honduras. Then after a re-entry retreat, in Akron with the
rest of the SALTers who served around the world, home to Reedley. One
thing that's been on my mind that I'll miss, is being packed in on
the public bus, with blaring upbeat reggae music, and zooming through
gaps in traffic (that probably didn't exist until we were in them).
Dad, you probably shouldn't let me drive home from the airport.
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