Once vacation camp was finished the next few weeks felt a lot more quiet, doing administration in the office etc. However in the middle of February my Mum came to visit me here in Copan which was a really amazing week and so wonderful to see her :) We spent the time here in Copan visiting some of the main sites such as the Mayan Ruins and the Bird Park.
And for a few days we crossed to border into Guatemala to visit the city of Antigua, which in style is pretty similar to Copan but is much bigger and also flat! We enjoyed looking around the artisan markets and on one of the days we did a half day trek up a volcano which was really fantastic. Near the top in the gaps between rocks there is a lot of very hot air so we were able to toast marshmallows which was pretty cool. (Check out my facebook for more pics of Guatemala!)
A wonderful time spent with Mum and really great to show her around the place which has really become home for me over the last 6/7 months.
After Mum left we were pretty much straight back into After School programme which is what I was working in whenever I first arrived. Its really great to see how far I've grown in many aspects since the end of October when we finished up last year. My spanish is vastly better and more importantly relationships with both kids and youth have really developed so praise God for that! Since we've been back in camp I've had the opportunity to visit camp Agape (our other after school programme) which has been a wonderful experience too to learn from Kourtney (the director) and meet the great children there.
Finally, a few weekends ago, the UrbanTrekkers programme did a service project in Nueva Esperanza (where Camp Hope takes place) planting trees as part of a reforestation project. About 12 youth attended the project and we had a great morning all working together and we planted about 160 trees which in about 10 years time will be fully grown. The tree is called 'Flor de Isote' and we learned about all its properties in a presentation given by the owners of the project. Great team work and a lot of fun had!
There are some highlights for you :) I am still really enjoying all I'm getting to do here in Copan and with UPH, I feel like every day is a learning experience in some way or another. Strange to think that there's only a little over a month left to go!
What can you pray for?
- Londin and Tania who are the Camp Hope director and assistant director. Pray that daily they would have the energy, wisdom, patience and many other skills needed to run camp.
- Thanks for continued opportunities to share with the kids and youth about Christ, last week I shared my testimony at youth night
-As I am now in my final month here that I would enjoy it all to the full and God would prepare me for the return home because I am aware adjusting back into life in the UK will be hard at times
