HoNdO 2010

Immmmm BACK!!(:

Since i havent been on here in like FOREVER!! i have decided to change my blog a wee bit. Kinda like a fresh start. Ive been so busy lately i just havent had time to blog :/ i have missed it!! So here is a quick recap of what has happened since graduation.

Graduation Party- combined it with my best friend Katelyn. was sooooooooo much fun!!

Got a Job as a nanny for an awesome family!! love them(:

enrolled at Chandler Gilbert Community College. Class starts August 23. bleh :p

painted my room! its now bright orange and FANTASTIC!!(:

Went to church summer camp for a week in San Diego, Cali. It was at Point Loma University. Best camp ever out of my four years!! my rec team, The Designer Jeans, won the championship!!! Totally awesome!!(: Made a rap at camp. Busted it out for the camp band, 330 Plan. "Yeah buddy, rollin like Jesus. Heart tuned up like a biblical genius." thats all i got lol :p

thats pretty much all the important stuff.(:

now on to the most recent! If you didnt know already, i had the opportunity to go to Honduras with a group of amazing individuals from my church. There were 13 students total and three adult leaders(: well we just got back yesterday from an amazing 2 week trip!!! and so the story begins......

Saturday July 3rd- woke up at the but crack of dawn to head to the air port. had to be there at 5am. checked in all of our bags and then the parents prayed for us and off we went to security and all the fun air port stuff! on the first plane ride, i sat by Linda, Cody, Cheyene, Katelyn and Robert. It was awesome! i got to watch the movie Invictus. (idk spelling) it was soooooo good!(: a must see! flew into Miami, Florida where we had like a 3 hour lay over. to pass the time we walked around to find food, played phase 10 and some card game called baseball. it was pretty fun! then next stop was San Pedro Sula in Honduras where we stayed the night at a hotel because we got in late and were not allowed to drive at night because its too dangerous..once settled into our rooms at the hotel, we all met up with the Leader Treks people who were in charge of the trip (Leader Treks was the organization that we went with) they were, Ryan, Jill and Brittany. had some good pizza and then went back to our rooms to sleep. My roommates were Lindsey, Jacque and Megan. Yeah we all just stayed up till 2am talking!! lol

Sunday July 4th- woke up early to start the drive to La Providencia where we would be staying while in Honduras. (its a clinic located in Siguatepeque, Honduras. It runs 9 months out of the year.) The pic is on the bus heading to LP. On the way, we stopped at a grocery store so we could shop for all of the food and cleaning supplies that we would need. Finally arrived at La Providencia. It was like a 2 and a 1/2 hour drive from the hotel. so not too bad but glad to be done traveling!! Pretty much all we did after arriving was organize sleepin ares, kitchen stuff, the schedule for the rest of the week and other important stuff. here is a run down of how our days went for the first week..
6:30-7:00 Breakfast prep
7:00-7:15 Breakfast
7:15-7:50 Breakfast clean up
8:00-8:45 Devotionals
9:00-12:00 work project
12:00-12:30 lunch
12:30-2:30 work project
2:30-5:00 VBS/Sports camp with the kids
5:30-6:15 Dinner Prep
6:15-6:45 Dinner
6:45-7:25 Dinner clean up
7:30-10:30 Team Time
11:00 Lights out


info: i was on the water/cleaning team. we were in charge of keeping people hydrated, making sure we always have a good supply of water and all the cleaning. so we made teams to clean up after all meals and all that. those teams also became the cooking teams. there were 4 teams each team did something each day whether it was cooking a meal or cleaning up after a meal.


Monday July 5th- woke up and was super tired! my team was scheduled to cook breakfast. almost fell asleep during Devos :/ not good! lol got to start on our work project. Thats kate, chey, me and tianna with the guard dogs puppies. I named my pup Fonzy(: we were building a trench in front of the bodega so that it doesnt flood every time it rains. to start, we had to dig down like two feet deep. the trench was super long!! took like two days to just finish digging. anyways, got to use a pic-ax! so much fun!! we called it "the pulverizer!" just sounded better :p another tool i got to use was what we named, the "Whale Spear" once again, it just sounded better :p it was pretty much just a spear thingy that we used to get the sides of the trench. took a break for lunch. Lunch every day for two weeks was two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, some chips and some fruit. Surprisingly, i never got tired of it but instead, i looked forward to it every day!(: After lunch, we and Trav were totally freaking out because we had like noooooooo water left to drink! so we sat down and prayed for water. and then right as we were waling up to the bodega, this truck pulls up with a bunch of gallons of water. Thank you Jesus!!(: Later on while we were working, it started to pour!!! like mucho mucho rain!!! we continued to work through the rain. Our trench started to fill up with water so we started making lil rivers along side it to direct the water away. It worked. Then me and trav just started to laugh cause God not only gave us water, he gave us tons and tons of water!!!(: it was awesome!(: I believe that God was trying to be funny :p we were all soaked!! Ryan the leader trecks dude said that it wasnt normal for it to rain that much, especially during the day. It kept raining and raining. we eventually had to stop because it got worse and then came lightening that was super close so we had to call it a day. It was raining too much so we werent able to go to the field and have our sports camp with the kids :( So some people went in and showered early. I chose to stay outside because i was soaking wet and covered in dirt lol so all the "dirty people" stayed outside under the drive way area and played a fun game called Ninja. During the game, Robert smacked me in the face lol it was on accident of course :p the pump thingy broke so there was no water for me to shower with :( so after dinner, it was still pouring so me, Shannon and Linda went outside and showered in the rain. ( we were in our bathing suits, dont worry lol) it was so refreshing!! Of course, when the pump breaks and the water is no longer working, is when all the girls have to go poop. Everyone was too embarrassed to ask Ryan, so while everyone was out in the lobby chilling, i walked up to him in front of everyone and asked how we would go about pooping. it was funny. we all then proceeded to have a every long conversation about poop. we were a very close group lol later we had team time. we first evaluate how the day went and how the team worked together and how we can go from a great team to an even better team. then we do worship, go over the days devo, then growth journal and then beads. Beads was my favorite part. they are encouragement beads. there are 4 kinds. Red leadership bead, white service bead, green compassion bead and a blue risk taking bead. everyone goes around in a circle and gives out a bead. youre only allowed to give one a night. some times its super hard to pick just one person and just one color! That night i received 2 beads. a Red leadership bead from Shannon and a white service bead from Megan(:

Tuesday July 6th- ummm clothes were still wet from the day before meaning my work shoes were disgusting! my work team for the day was me, Brittany, anthony and Lindsey(: we had to remove a pipe that was in the way of our trench. it was awesome! DUring the day, me and Lindz came up with some pretty sweet songs to sing..."Everybody was shovel digging! yahh yahh! our teams as fast as lightening! yahh yahh! we may be a little bit frightening! yahh yah! cause our shovels are fast as lightening! yahh yahh! oh oh oh ohhhhhh!" that was my favorite one we came up with(: God held off on the rain so we could go do our sports camp(: it was amazing!! i was kinda nervous because i dont really know spanish but the kids dont care. your cations speak much louder than your words. all they want is you to love on them which i am pretty darn good at doing(: The field where we had the camp was like a jungle!! So greeen!! There were cows walkin around the field. they would go through our game of soccer every now and then. interesting :p During team time that night, i realized that i have a lot to say and that no one will laugh at me or make fun of me because of it. I got a white service bead from Britt that night. totally made my day(: Those are just a few of this kids at the sports camp(:

Wednesday July 7th- super hard to wake up. fell asleep during Devos. butt busting work during the work day. VBS was awesome!!! one of the lil girls, Kelly, stuck with me the whole time. She has the prettiest eyes ive ever seen!! I miss her so much! she always made me smile! Kinda stressful day but was able to calm down and talk it out with Trav. during team time got a red leadership bead from trav and a green compassion bead from tianna(:

Thursday July 8th- got to start laying block in the trench with Jacque. very frustrating lol Work that day went by super fast!! At VBS, right as we pulled up, the kids came running to us! They all remembered our names(: totally warmed my heart(: that night i noticed my arms were getting huge from working!! then watched Jacque poked a hot needle into roberts pinky finger nail because earlier that day, he made a sandwich with his finger in between two blocks lol so she poked it to drain the blood :p soooooooo cool!! Also, we had to push the buss out of a ditch that it got stuck in. so fun!(: Came up with different names for everyone. the girls got guy names and the guys got girl names.
Emilie-Emmit
Jacque- Jack
Heather- Heath
Shannon- Shane
Cheyenne- Chad
Katelyn- Kane
Lindsey- Langston
Linda- Landon
Tianna-Tanner
Megan-Matthew
Brittany-Brett
Jill-Justin

Robert-Robin
Andrew- Andrea
Jordan- Jocelyn
Cody- Cadie
Anthony- Anastasia
Travis- Tracy
Ryan- Rianna

awesomeness(:

Friday July 9th- working was fun! got to lay block again(: Last day for sports camp :( kelly and Anilita (idk spelling) hung around me all day(: then a lil girl with down-syndrome found me. She stayed by my side the rest of the time aotally made my day(: Went out for dinner that night. SOOOOOOO GOOD!!(: had like three banana sodas, two tostadas, an empinada, two things called gringas ( cause everything in them is white lol) sooo yummy!! Team time got a red leadership bead from robert and a green compassion bead from jacque. (:

Saturday July 10th- no work today!!!(: woke up, ate breakfast and loaded up on the buss to go to the waterfall!!!(: did our devos on the buss. hard for me to pay attention to them. i was too distracted by the beautiful views just outside my window. Chose to do the long hike to the waterfall. So awesome!! Jacque was the first into the water lol she climbed up behind the waterfall and went into a cave. all of a sudden she started screaming and birds started flying out of the cave! it was hilarious :p the birds just kept coming and she kept screaming. when she got down, i climbed up there with kate and robert. we all took some rocks from the cave to remember it. I have mine in my bed with me at the moment(: Ate lunch. caught a tadpole and then let it go(: hiked back to the bus. stopped at a lake on the way home. people were there getting ready to do baptisms. had to kind of shove a cow out of the way of the road with the bus lol got back to La Providencia and took naps til the Holidays kids came to play. Ordered Chinese food. soooo good! kids left. team time and then sleep.

The Holidays- the missionary family that we worked with down in honduras. Israel and Holly and then there four kids, Asa is the oldest and then his two sisters Ava Wren and Chapel and then Jude there lil brother that the Holidays adopted from Honduras. such an amazing family!! (in the picture, Chapel and Megan and then Ava Wren and me(: )

Sunday July 11th- crazy beautiful day! woke up. Jacque, Shannon and Britt were sick! :( no bueno!! Jacque and Shannon stayed home from church. Church was amazing!!! hearing the kids sing brought a huge smile to my face and joy to my heart!!(: broke off into kids classes. so fun!! Tianna, Heather and Britt got sick and had to stay in the van the whole time :/ came home, ate the left over chinese food for lunch super fast then the non sick people loaded up into the bus and went to the market. bought 6 bracelets, a machete, a knife thing (its a lil smaller than the machete) 2 pairs of shoes, a honduras jersey and a super cute bag(: all for like 45 $ total!! Greg and Dennis flew in that day!!(: so excited to see them(: Started hard core cleaning. Greg had to plunge the toilet that was full of all the girls poop and vomit lol nasty!! the sick people went to bed. made mac n' cheese for dinner. it was disgusting lol played Signs with Shannon, Greg, Robert, Ryan, Megan, Jacque and Travis. then some of them went off to bed so it was just me Shannon, Robert and travis. we played Phase ten. it was sooooooooo much fun!! Shannon won. :p we were all exhausted but didnt want to go back to the "sick rooms" so we stayed up late. we were all soooo loopy. probably the funnest night ever!! robert and travis kept farting. it was so gross but funny lol we definitely grew a lil closer that night :p Shannon got scared of her reflection in the window, Robert got stuck to his chair, Travis was soooooo slow and i was just mean :p lol thought we would be funny and separated all the green beads from the bead bag and hid them :p funnest night ever(:

me and the lil girl with down-syndrome. I miss her!

Monday July 12th-funnnn day!!! Everyone was still sick though. Chey, Lindsey, Tianna, Shannon, Heather, Britt, Anthony, Jordan. like everyone was down!! :/ so the healthy had to work even harder at the trench!! It started pouring just as me jacque linda and greg climbed in the back of the truck to go get some more blocks lol we were soaked!! Called it a day after it started to lightening. no water for showers. figured out our spiritual gifts during team time. My top 4 are Speaking out, Pioneering, Giving and Organizing. Had to go get more water before bed. The guards patrolling the clinic scared me!! they walk around carrying huge guns and it was pitch black in the bodega so i couldnt see them. scary!! then when we got back into the clinic, Greg and shannon scared me 3 times!!!! ugh!! i swore that i was gonna get them back..

Tuesday July 13th- total breakdown.....
Had to get up at 5:50am to make breakfast. not happy about that. only got 2 hrs of sleep total cause i couldnt fall asleep and then when i finally did, i heard one of the guards shoot their gun so then i really couldnt get back to sleep. I was completely exhausted. Got some energy gum from Greg. or else i would have been no help to the work team but instead a hindrance. my energy lasted till lunch and from there it went down down down. chugged some water. worked too hard and threw it all up. dumb idea lol after work i went to try and sleep till dinner was ready. was woken up to go get some water for the cooking team. not happy about that. had to make team #1 clean again because they didnt follow the rules. felt like a total jerk. i was physically and emotionally exhausted and i couldnt hold it in anymore so i totally broke down at dinner. i tried to keep it all in and that didnt work. Shannon talked to me, then trav and ryan talked to me and then Britt was able to calm me down. I just love her(: she went into mommy mode and sat with me, let me cry it out in front of her and then made sure that i ate something for dinner lol felt so good to let it all out.

That Jill, me and Brittany(: love those two girls!!(:

Wednesday July 14th- last work day!! :( i had to remind the team about our action steps so with the help of Greg, i then turned that into a motivational speech to help pump up the team. i wrote my speech out so here it is..
" alright, so as a reminder, today we are going to have more faith in our leaders. To do that we are going to be encouraging, be respectful when asking clarifying questions and do things when asked the first time. I also wanted to remind you guys that this is our last day on the work site. we are going to reach the goal that the work team set for us and finish what we started today. so we need to give it our all. I dont want any of us to leave Honduras thinking that we could have given more. There will be no regrets. Lets leave our legacy as Sun Valley. Also, remember why we are doing this. Its for the lil kids up in those two houses, its for the kiddos in the school house right there that we get to say "Hola!" to at our lunch break. This isnt for us. we are aerving "the least of these" today. Member that we are a team. we love each other. I love you. So lets do work and show them who Sun Valley is!!!" (:
I have never worked so hard in my entire life!! I was covered from head to toe in dirt!! everyone was dead! but we kept on pushing til we finished!!!! It was amazing!!(: Got my second wind when Robert and Dennis brought us some coffee. I wouldnt let myself sit down during my water breaks or i would lose my momentum. Ryan pulled me aside to talk. Totally made my day. He just wanted to let me know i was doin a good job. Robert, Dennis, Jordan and Megan got sick. :( then later that night, Trav and Cody got sick. Team time. White service bead from kate, white service bead from anthony and a red leadership bead from heather. Before bed i totally scared greg, shannon and linda!! it was only meant for greg and shannon. linda was just an innocent bystander lol

Thursday July 15th- hard core cleaning. cleaned till the clinic was cleaner than when we got there. Said our good byes to the workers at La Providencia and to the Holiday family. Then drove back to the Hotel in San Pedro Sula. :( didnt want to leave. got to the hotel, took showers. bought snacks at the mini market, ate pizza for dinner, had our last team time. encouragement circle, free time. watched glee in the hotel with Jill, Jacque, Lindz and megan and ate ice cream(: then we drew tattoos on each other till we were tired and went to bed. The team(:

Friday July 16th- Only one to not get sick during the trip. yeah buddy!!!(: woke up at the butt crack of dawn to go to the air port. had to say good bye to britt and jill at the hotel :( very sad. got to the air port, went through security and all that fun stuff. flew into Miami. Went and got food with Kate, jordan, anthony, cody and linda. Rode the cool lil train thingy(: then met back with the group at our gate and played Silent Footbal. such a fun game!!! one of the guards came up and i totally thought we were going to be in trouble but he just wanted to know what the game was that we were playing.(: he was soooooo awesome!! he proceded to talk to us till our flight left. He was just so nice, and you could tell he loved to talk to people(: Flew home to Phoenix. Ran to our parents waiting for us(: so cool! Then got to go out to dinner to Red Robin with Kate and her family too!(: Got home and got out all the gifts i bought. Then me randy and Angie went out in the back yard. Angie threw avacados in the air and me and randy took turns slicing them out of the air with the machete i bought. It was awesome!!!(: then went to bed.(:

Honduras was definitely the best two weeks of my life. God is sooooo good. I am really considering becoming a missionary when im older. Im probably going to inter with a missions organization next summer(: Please keep me in your prayers. Just trying to figure out what God wants me to do exactly. I didnt want to come back from Hondo. I could have stayed there. Now that im home, i feel like something is missing from my life. :/ so please pray for me while i sort through all of this! now on to quotes from the trip!! There were soooooo many good ones it was hard to remember them all. So here are the ones i was able to write down...


"Jacque, thats not how you say it in Spanish."-me
"Dang it Dora! she taught me wrong."-Jacque

"No. OUR bathroom is gross, there is dried blood on the toilet."-Trav
"Ohhh, its a girls bathroom"-linda
"mhhhhh hmm"-me and Britt
(Travis nods head in agreement and then..) "what?!!! EWWWWW!! GROSSS!!!"
you could see it finally click in his head lol

"Did you just say, Suck your face?!"-me
"NO! i said sacrifice."-Shannon

"Satan loves devos in bed."-Ryan

"Please take advantage of these two girls."-ryan talking about the two interns Brittany and Jill lol

"Theres dirt in our water!"-Jacque
"Theres a snake in my boot!"-Jordan

"No i didnt!!! Why are you telling everyone??!!"-Ryan

"Jacque i got a picture of you and the bull. Well mainly the bull, youre in the background. And its just the back of the bull. and youre kinda fuzzy. Alright, its a bad picture."-chey

"You tip this bus, il pee on your face."-chey

walked into the kitchen..trav and andrew are mesing with the water jug...
"Oh man! I lifted one of those all by myself today and i didnt spill!!"-me
travis laughed...
"Wow thanks."-andrew
"What?''-me
"I just asked trav to help me life it. thanks."-andrew
"oh."-me
(no walking outta the kitechen and to our rooms)
"I tried opening the door like i was going to do the water but failed."-andrew
"dont worry. you will get it. just takes practice."-me
"Alright. thanks."-andrew
hahah you just had to be there lol

"are you expecting Tarzan to come out at any minute?''-chey
"no."-jacque
"me either.''-chey

"I like the sloppy wet kiss version.''-me
"yeah but thats graphic.''-greg
"unforseen kiss, thats just kreepy. its like, WOAH! why you be kissin me?? not cool."-robert

"Whats that?''-cody
"A broom.''-greg
"No, its called im blind and i need to sleep''-cody

"anthony just puked.''-jordan
"WHERE?!'-everyone at once
"in the trash."-jordan
"Why?''-robert
"because he was crapping at the same time.''-jordan
then we all busted up laughing lol

"Did she die?''-chey
"From a butt pinch??''-ryan

"Your hands are so gross i cant even take you seriously."-shannon

"we served the crap outta each other."-robert
"literally"-shannon

(quotes from the loopy night with shannon, robert and travis playing phase 10)
"Something smells"-shannon (as she has her fingers to her nose..) lol

"YOU.....BUTT MUNCH!!"-em
"...yes. yes."-shannon

"you are the DEVIL!"-shannon

"Sorry travis, all these cards in my head are hurting emilie."-robert
"Oh thanks.''-em
"shut up.''-robert

"you messed up. Youre stupid.''-me

Me and my lil Fonzy(: cant wait to come back an see how big you are!!(: