Happy New Year

Whats Up!

New Year's here is super cool!!! Everyone here waits to eat until midnight, and at midnight everyone in the city sets off every firework they could possibly find. It was super loud, and all of the air was full of smoke and everything it was so cool! The day of new years eve we went to a members house and learned how to make tamales the way they make tamales here in Honduras. It was kind of weird, because they use plantain leaves instead of corn husks, and then they just put a bunch of the filling inside, but it is all raw. The chicken, rice, potatoes, all of it is raw. I was kind of weirded out, but they turned out really good. They cook them in a huge pot over a fire. I would send pictures but I forgot to bring my camera to email today. With changes this week, we lost one of the members of the trio, and I am still in Castaños. We also went to an investigator family`s house and we talked with them about making new goals for the year to come. We talked about how, especially in this time of year where we reflect on the past year and how we can be better, we can always make goals to be more like Christ. The dad of the family shared a story about how ever since his father died, he has been trying to come closer to Christ.  What we shared with him, really struck him and that he thinks he has found a way to be closer to Christ. It was super spiritual and we are really hoping we will be able to continue teaching them. I am looking forward to the next six weeks here in the area I am in, and I hope all of you have a great week!

Food

Catrachitas- Fried corn tortillas, beans, and cheese. Really good, but really simple.

Pan Imposible- They put cake batter in a pan, and then they pour flan mixture into it, and when you put it in the oven the flan mixture is on top, and then after it is done, the flan is on the bottom, it is really good.

Pupusas- I think I already talked about these, but anyways they are from El Salvador and so is my comp right now, and we found someone from El Salvador to make them for us. They are really different compared to the ones that are Honduras style. They are super good, because the ones from El Salvador have beans in them, and i havent found one from Honduras that has beans yet.

Funny Story

We were walking down the street and this drunk guy started talking to us and he had his cup of beer in his right hand. And as he was talking to us he kept bringing his left hand up like he was drinking from the cup, even though there wasnt anything in his hand. And then he went to point at something with his right hand, and basically threw his cup of beer at this car. It was super funny, because he got confused after that happened and just kind of scratched his head and wandered off.