Alma de Color

In the early afternoon hours of Friday the 16th, five young adults bounced down a bumpy, lumpy road on their way to an adventure. They bought their ferry tickets in La Ceiba and set off for the tropical island of Roatan, feeling giddy with excitement and expectancy for the weekend activities. The waves were calm, so the ride was tranquil, and the sea spray tickled their faces and spiced their inhalations. And so began our weekend with my cousin Brandi and her husband Yourgin. They made dinner for us the first night, which was absolutely delicious! Beans, rice, chicken, tortillas...does it really get much better than that? I'm STILL not tired of beans and rice! We turned in for the evening pretty early so we could get up and go the following morning. Morning arrived the crack of dawn with Christine bumping about the room at 5:30 AM because she couldn't sleep. I slept a bit more after that, but the quality of it had declined severally. When we all were fairly functi...

About a week into Naomi 's stay here in La Quinta, Colón, Honduras, Norma approached me and asked me if I might be interested in translating for a visiting doctor for whom no translator had hitherto been procured . And thus it was that two weeks ago , I wandered into the hospital labyrinth to seek out Dr . Hans de Bruyn from Calgary , Canada . Several of the missionary families and docs are in the States for the summer , so Hans came down to help for three weeks since we were down to only two docs for most of the summer . I have REALLY enjoyed translating ! I certainly lacked ( and still lack ) many words and phrases in my standard classroom knowledge , like the word for " hemorrhoids ", " lymph nodes ", and " you have a chronic condition of such and such a type of arthritis , as well as leftover tissue from having part of your varicose vein r...