Day 4 and 5 Update

Sorry for the delay in posting, but the Internet connection at the hotel has been subject to intermittent outages. So this post will be a summary of both Tuesday and Wednesday of our trip. We will have more photos later but cannot add them at the moment. Tuesday we worked in a community to the [...]

Day 3 reflection from Charles G.

On Monday we finally went to work. We were on the bus at 7 am and drove about 45 minutes to a neighborhood up in the hills around Tegucigalpa accessible only by very bad unpaved roads. Its the dry season in Honduras and it was hard not to wonder how any plant life survives in [...]

Day 2 and 3

Yesterday was a day for church and a bit of sightseeing and shopping before getting to work today. We attended a large non-denominational church for a Spanish-language service, before heading to a colonial-era village called Valle de Angeles (Valley of the Angels). Valle de Angeles is a quaint town with several shops where local artisans [...]

Day 1 post from Rupa G!

Landing in the Honduras airport was not as frightening as we had anticipated. We arrived safely and are preparing to care for the sick people of Tegucigalpa. John and Ana met with us and oversaw us replenishing their clinic’s pharmacy. At this point, I am unsure about the details of the week, though I look [...]

Day 1

Buenas noches! We have all arrived safely in Honduras and had a successful first day. We pulled away from church at 3:30 AM in a church bus driven by Dwight A., who we can only assume lost an epic rock-paper-scissors battle to determine who would have to drive us. Big thanks to Dwight. A few [...]

Anyone seen the duster?

Passport?  Check.  Spanish-English phrasebook?  Check.  Travel-friendly microfiber clothing?  Check.  That’s right, BUMC has another Honduras medical mission coming up!  So that means we need to clear off the e-cobwebs,  dust off the cyber-furniture, and relaunch this blog.  It’s been quiet around here since our last trip, but that’s about to change.  During the week of [...]