Friday, March 6, 2026

 

This is our last full day in Honduras as we leave tomorrow to head home.  Some of us attended Morning Prayer at 7:15 in the chapel with the students, led by Padre Gerardo, Dean of the Cathedral where we attended last Sunday. It was wonderful to be there with the chapel full of all the students.  Padre Gerardo stays for the morning to give religious classes.

 

Erika arrived and set us up with a Zoom meeting with Denise Vargus, who was not present here this week, and we had a wonderful conversation together.  She is an inspiring leader and she asks all the right questions of us and we find we are revealing our deepest thoughts about this organization and its students.  We shared a lot of our experiences of this week and what was meaningful for us.  We feel we are true partners with this organization and have many reasons for wanting to always come back.

After we wrapped up with Denise, we packed the van and headed north to Comayagua, close to the airport.  The drive is stunningly beautiful as we drove over the pass. 

Our favourite little historical hotel was ready for us when we arrived and we appreciate the service they have given us.  The hotel is on a small, interesting colonial street with restaurants and coffee shops and places to buy fresh fruit smoothies

 

Lunch across from the hotel.

In the next block is a chocolate shop where one can take a tour of chocolate making with the owner, and then buy his chocolate  in the shop which we all did.  

We had the afternoon to visit the central park and plaza in front of the Cathedral. This is where everyone gathers under the shade of the trees to chat with their friends and neighbours and the tourists can buy souvenirs from the sellers in their stalls. The cathedral has a clock which is the oldest clock in the Americas and still working.  It is said to be 900 year old!

We love this town which is full of Spanish Colonial architecture and was once the capital of Honduras.