Late Night Rides

***Parents: Don´t read this post if you don´t want to have a heart attack. And if you do read it, I´m sorry and I know you´re going to kill me. But I won´t do it again.***

In Morazan, many people can´t afford cars. But they still need some type of transportation.. so many people get motorcycles. They´re not like the big choppers, just sort of like little crotch rockets. Anyways, last night after church Yadira wanted to go for a ride with some of our friends. So she hopped on the back of Anwar´s bike (her boyfriend), I got on the back of Jose´s, and our friend Pati got on the back of Ronnie´s. I thought we were just going to ride around the village, but the boys wanted to go to a paved road. (there´s only one paved street so all the roads are REALLY bumpy). So they took us out onto the road and all three of us were riding side-by-side. It was SO much fun! All the girls were laughing and squeeling with our hands in the air! The boys probably thought they were hot stuff. haha I was terrified, but having the time of my life also. The whole time I was thinking, ¨this is absolutely everything my parents told me not to do.... whoops¨haha Sorry mom & dad, I won´t do it again!

That night at church we were saying any testimonies from the past week. Pati told us a crazy story! I guess while I was in Copan 2 people were shot here? or maybe close by? but anyways, Pati was in front of this little shop talking to a friend. She said goodbye and walked around the street and then heard gun shots. If she had stayed at the shop for even 2 more minutes she probably would have been killed. It was insane!

School was really good today! I walked up and all of the kids were like, ¨Madisol!!!¨and gave me millions of hugs. This little boy Wilmer is getting so good at reading, and I´ve been working more with Bethel on sign language and pronouncing vowels. I just love them so much!

Tonight a group of 10 people are coming from America to go to the mountain village tomorrow. So I´m staying the night at Iris´house because there´s barely any room here. I´m only going up to the mountain on Saturday for the inaugeration of the new school because I want to have more time with my kids at HOPE.

Okay, I´m going to take a nap. I´m always so exhausted here! We sleep like 9-10 hours every night, and I can still take a 2 hour nap every day. I think it´s the heat.

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