Y’all, let me just say that I feel like I’m living the life! I’ve been here for a little over 2 months and I feel like it just keeps getting better and better.

Here’s a list of things that I like, that I’m grateful for, that make me happy:

1. I live on top of a mountain and it’s beautiful.

2. I live with lots of people who love Jesus.

3. It rains a lot.

4. I have wonderful roommates!

5. I get to teach sweet second and third graders.

6. I have small class sizes.

7. I get to speak Spanish and I have tons of opportunities to get better at it.

8. I’m part of a professionals group on Friday nights in the city.

9. I go to church with one of the family groups to a Spanish-speaking church every Sunday.

10. Life is more simple here.

11. Sometimes the electricity goes out.

12. We have chapel as a ranch fam twice a week.

13. I eat delicious plantain chips.

14. I started teaching a gymnastics class today for some of the kids and it was a blast!

15. One of the high-school guys is teaching me to play soccer!

16. I wasn’t terrible at soccer.

17. There are really pretty places to go on walks.

18. Sometimes the clouds are really low and they rest on top of the trees on the mountain and it’s soooo pretty.

19. I only go to the city twice a week usually, so it’s a treat 🙂

20. There’s WiFi up on this mountain so I can still keep in touch with people.

21. We have worship on Tuesday nights in the capilla. Just a few people go and we have the lights off except for some Christmas lights and we play the music loud, and I just get to rest with the Lord and be in His Presence and I love it.

22. We get to have adventures! Just a couple weeks ago, our car broke down coming back from the professionals group, so we had to hike 30-45 minutes up the mountain to get back to the ranch.

23. I’m making new friends.

24. I don’t have as much stuff as I did back in the States.

25. There are lovely cookies called Chiky’s that I get to snack on.

26. The high schoolers have started having bonfires on Sunday nights and they let me and my roomies come (because we’re cool).

27. We are reading through the Bible as a ranch fam, so I’m reading some things I don’t know if I’ve read all the way through before.

28. I’ve already gotten to go on two retreats since I’ve been here, and I’ll get to go on another one in November.

29. I feel like I’m kind of getting the hang of teaching now.

30. Donuts here are deeeeelicious!

31. I can buy a coffee granita from Espresso Americano for less than $2.

32. Everyone knows I’m not from here, which I actually do kind of like. Sometimes.

33. I don’t have to carry a purse around with me. I only take it when I go to the city.

34. People are impressed with my handwriting.

35. We don’t have a TV.

36. My roommate loves to bake delicious goodies.

37. To get to work, I just walk five minutes down a hill.

38. We don’t have to lock our doors. (But we do lock them at night.)

39. My little students hug me and hold my hand and help me carry things.

40. When I was feeling sick one day at school and I was really cold, they all took off their jackets or went to get them, and put them on me (:

I could probably go on for quite a while longer, but I think you get the point: I really like it here. Lots of times when I’m walking down to school or driving through the city or up the mountain, I just have to remind myself, “I live here.” It’s so crazy and so wonderful. I’m grateful to the Lord for having this plan for me, but I’m just as grateful to all of the people who are supporting me and making this possible. If it wasn’t for you guys, I wouldn’t be here. I so appreciate the support and the prayers! This is a great organization and such a good home for these kids who wouldn’t have homes otherwise. Thank you for supporting me so that I can be a part of what God is doing here at Rancho Ebenezer and in Honduras. You’re a part of it too!

Here are a few pictures of some things that have gone on since I last updated:

I hung out with these girls and spent the night in their house a couple of times.

I went to Burger King with these crazy kids who know how to have fun at the playground!

Hiked up the mountain with these peeps after our car broke down.

Got bit up by the no-see-ums.

Received some beautiful artwork from my sweet students!

Had a devotional time with this pup during our single ladies retreat.

Had a gender reveal party for one of the couples (it’s a girl!).

And celebrated with my students who told the truth for the whole month!

Looks like I need to update more often because it seems like a lot has happened since my last blog! I’ll try to do better next time. Thanks so much for reading!

Muchas bendiciones!

XOXO,

Lindsey