Several school classes spent time in La Finca working with Dwain. Some worked while others spent most of their energy drooling over the mangoes dangling from the nearby tree. Most children have learned that a common treat for working in the garden is green mangoes.

This week Audrey organized and prepared for a tone chimes choir. La Finca owns a set of chimes, but no choir existed. This Saturday will be the newly-formed choir’s first practice.

A controversial vote initiated by President Manual Zelaya was supposed to happen this past Sunday. President Zelaya insisted on going through with the vote despite declarations of illegality from the Attorney General, the Congress, and the Supreme Court. However, early Sunday morning President Zelaya was taken from his home in Tegucigalpa and flown to Costa Rica. Roberto Micheletti, President of the Congress, has been sworn into the position of President of Honduras. There have been protests and demonstrations in larger cities such as Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula. Zelaya plans to return to Honduras soon (this weekend?) despite interim President Micheletti’s warning that the Honduran courts have arrest warrants against him.

Despite the unrest around us, overall life at La Finca continues to be fairly normal. There were more men than usual sacked out along the streets of Valle on Sunday afternoon, sleeping off stupors. And, we have experienced periods without electricity, Internet and cell phone connections, but these things can happen anytime, so it’s difficult to know for sure if the inconveniences are politically related.

Dwain’s skin infection persists, though it is not worsening. Unfortunately the infection (that looks similar to the infection on his side) broke out on his arm this week. A call to the specialist in Tegucigalpa sent us to the hospital in Valle where Dwain received the first of six injections of an antibiotic that supposedly is active in the body for three weeks. Every 21 days for the next 4 months Dwain will need to report to the hospital for an injection. Thankfully Janelle and Harlan were able to make a trip to Tegucigalpa and find the topical antibiotic and soap the specialist prescribed for Dwain.

Yesterday, without electricity, Internet and cell phone service, we felt a bit disconnected from the world. However, the mail system still seemed to be in operation.


Dwain planting and transplanting seeds on our porch