HOLA!
We are so sorry for the late update. We have been so busy and whenever we find time to update, we seem to not have internet capabilities! We have so much to recap for you so here we go!
Guancoscos: This little restaurant/ hotel is where we have been eating all of our meals. The view and the coffee is spectacular. I believe that Mel used the similie “It’s like a sledgehammer to my throat” the first time she drank it. After pouring in about half of her water bottle, she pronounced it ‘perfect’. The women who owns this hotel is a dutch women who has English as her 3rd language, after Dutch and Spanish. We have found out that many doctors who visit Gracias from West Michigan stay at Froni’s hotel! What a small world!
The view of the front of Guancascos
The view from the top of Guancascos
The Tour Of Gracias: On Saturday morning we were able to go out and explore the city of Gracias. Man, was it busy on a Saturday morning! We were able to split up into groups and do what ever we felt excited about! And then Mel ditched us…on PURPOSE!!! Okay, so it was in a one block radius and we were perfectly safe. It was actually a brilliant idea as it forced us a bit out of our comfort zone and required us to use a little of our spanish. Well done, Ms. Mel! Some of us went to the city’s museum, some in search for soccer balls, some in search for iced coffee… we all were successful in our searches. The city of Gracias is beautiful, colorful buildings and colorful people. We were all able to meet in central park and enjoy a snack and the beautiful church in the center of town.
The road that our hotel was on was under a little construction 
The church
Enjoying some cool treats in Central Park
Youth Group: After our city tour we were ready to hike to the castle (the oldest thing in Gracias) to enjoy some time with the youth group. Exciting, challenging, fun and energetic are all words that our 8th graders say summarize our time with the youth group. After ultimate frisbee, centipede and capture the flag we got our fair share of play time in! Did we mention that capture the flag was with water balloons! And did we mention that we offered up Ms. Leisa and Ms. Marcy to hold the flags? “Don’t worry, you probably won’t get wet”. The youth group leaders were so excited because there were over 20 students who showed up to hang out with the youth group. We were so excited to hang out and make new friends along side a castle!
In the castle waiting for youth group to start!
Making new friends!
Hot Springs: After a STEEEEEEEEEEP ride down to the hot springs in a bus we finally arrived to one of the coolest things we have ever seen! Oh-My-Goodness. San Fransisco has NOTHING on this hill! We were actually wondering how we would make it up again. Especially after eating the enormous dinner! Then again, we had Mr. Drew, Mr. Budd and Mr. JR to push if we needed them. The hot springs were pools that were filled with naturally hot water that was fed from a VERY hot natural spring. The water was coming from a crack in the earth where the heat was the most intense and then it trickled down to fill the large pool. There was an intense game of water polo that ended with a tie, of course. After a fantastic Honduran meal, cena tipica (typical dinner), we headed back to our new “home” and crashed. It was a busy and fantastic day.
Enjoying the hot springs!
Dinner yum yum!
