Sunday – Move To The Mountain
Well, it was day. We had a few battles with Montezuma’s Revenge to contend with so it was a “take it easy sort of day”. Moving 17 people (6 of whom were NOT feeling well) and all of their belongings up the mountain 3 miles turned out to be a 3 hour project. It was well worth it though. Everyone bounced back quickly and easily fell in love with the beautiful surrounding and people. By the afternoon many of our group were ready for the hike up toward the waterfall. Little did we know what a grueling hike this would be (Okay….so it was mostly the adults that had a tough time making it to the halfway point!)! We quickly decided that it was not necessarily the destination, but rather the journey itself that was worth experiencing. Trenton, Ben, Brie, Morgan, Tessa, Mr. Tyler and Mr. Budd pressed on with the second part of the journey and made it to the second lookout that was closer to the waterfall. Yay Team!!! Wow!!!
The girls house
Beginning the hike together!
Our gracious hosts managed to squeeze 17 new people in an area usually reserved for 6. We are learning on this trip that we are up for any challenge that comes our way!!! After a great night sleep… we were ready to start our first day at Abundant Life.
Wow is this school beautiful! The school was originally an environmental school but now is an English immersion school. Because of its agricultural back ground the school grounds are breath taking. With the back drop of the mountains it is like looking at movie set picture! We were all assigned to our tutoring classrooms that ranged from nursery school kids (age 2 and 3) to the English Immersion program (10th grade). We all immediately fell in love with staff and students! What a fantastic place to work and learn! This was intended to be the highlight of the trip and boy, did it hold true! We even stayed 2 hours after school to participate in Honduran soccer practice called futbolito and chat time.
IN the courtyard
Tuesday! The Innocademy group and 10 of Abundant Life’s 8th graders boarded a bus at 6 a.m. to the Copan ruins. We had a 3 hour bus ride to Copan altogether and it flew by. We had a guided tour of each of the statues and pyramids that made up of Copan. After learning about the awesome Mayan culture we were able to go and explore the city of Copan. We had such a fun day on our adventure together with Innocademy and Abundant Life.
On top of the ruins
Ms. Leisa at the ruins
A long day of traveling 
