We are IN!

Just a quick update...we have been officially accepted by World Gospel Mission to serve as full time missionaries for the next year. We are so happy and soon will begin working more with the church and community here in La Esperanza. More on this later. Thank you for your prayers.

Unbelievably blessed

It's not often that I feel this way...overwhelmingly blessed, undeservedly really, and humbled as a result, really humbled.
When Beto and I finally did make it home on Tuesday afternoon, I noticed something that was not visible when we moved in...mold, and tons of it. Everywhere, in all the bedrooms, on all the walls and ceilings. It ruined one pillow and the bed was damp, and many of our clothes, backpacks, and shoes were very moldy. That on top of the mental strain of knowing that we are breathing all of that all the time, sleeping with it, was too much. I did not even know where to begin, so I just did not do anything. I was too tired.

That night Beto and I prayed, not knowing how God would answer our prayers or even if He would bring people to help us clean. God is always on time, never makes mistakes, and has all the control.He is amazing and shows us Himself everyday, but it times like this when I really feel Him and see Him answering prayers so quickly.

The next day I was telling the other missionary about the situations and she talked to the group that is here from Ohio right now. The next day, yesterday, the women came over (the men put a new roof on Bob and Kathy's house) and got right to work. Kathy sprayed every inch with bleach water while the others scrubbed and swept. I believe our house will never be so clean again! They stayed all morning and even helped me take down the dry clothes from the line! And one dedicated herself to cleaning all the windows. It was a lot of fun and I cannot even put into words how overwhelmingly blessed we felt...are.

Before they left they prayed over us. I have been on their end a lot in the past, building houses in San Felipe and going on different mission trips. Now I know how much of a blessing the groups really are and how God works in all our lives to change us. Praise Him!

Finally made it home...almost!

My trip went a little bit (a lot like) this...

I left Tampa at 10:50 am and got to ft. Lauderdale at about 12noon. I didn't want to take the 9:30pm flight again and risk missing my connecting flight again. So I got to hang out in the Spirit air terminal for about 12 hours, which I can tell you is not great. there's two no name restaurants, if you can call them that. I read for a long time and got sleepy enough to actually take about a 2.5 hour nap on some chairs that didn't have an armrest in between, thank goodness! I didn't want to leave the terminal because there was a large yellow sign warning people they were at the point of no return. But after being there for about 5 hours I went to ask the guard if I could go to the ticket counter to change my seat number. I asked him,"So what's out there?" "The world", he said. Then he added, "there's a Chili's in terminal 3, or you could take a 15 min. taxi to the beach." So after learning that the taxi's run $20 each way I decided to stand in the long ticketing line. I had time to waste. As I was in the long line with all 15 agents busy, one lady decides to make a scene complaining about why they hadn't been helped yet. There was anohter line off at the end where there weren't any agents. I don't know why people even started a line there, but anyways, one agent tried not to strangle her, I'm sure, but did say he was going to have to call security. Then some other scary looking guys (remember, I am in Florida!) jump on the bandwagon and start yelling at the ticketing agents. I just had these images of having to get down on the floor covering my head with my hands.
Eventually the manager came out and evryone calmed down, I got my seat changed and took the airport shuttle to terminal three. I hung out there for a long while. I have read every news magazine that came out this week and feel more knowledgeable than ever about current (esp. celebrity) events.

Finally after more reading and trying to sleep with no luck, the plane took off about 45 minutes late. I could've taken the 9:30pm flight after all from Tampa!

When I got into the airport in Honduras at 1am beto was there waiting for me. I got to see him after they dragged my bag in from outside and it was all open. I think the only thing I lost was a little bag of toiletries and nearly my dignity when I saw a pair of my underwear (clean, thank goodness!) sitting nicely on top of someone else's suitcase on the carousel. The guy in front of me was laughing about it so I decided I could live without them and let them pass by.

My bag was ripped and broken which has never happened on any other airline before!

Beto and I were going to wait in the airport till about 5am (what's another 4 hours in an airport when you've already spent 12?) but beto decided we should get a hotel. The taxi driver who charged us way too much took us to a hotel he insisted was good and in a safe neighborhood, but his idea of "safe" were definately different than ours. we only stayed one night and this morning we went to the bus station to catch a bus back home.

The bus station was pretty empty and there weren't any busses outside which was kind of weird but it was still pretty early and there were a lot of people in the waiting area. After waiting about an hour Beto decided he better ask. Turns out there's a bus strike because of rising gas prices (same here as in the States) and there would be no busses today! So we got to spnd the day here in San Pedro Sula, foudn a better hotel near the mall! Woo hoo! And got to relax and enjoy a movie tonight.

Hopefully the busses will be running tomorrow, but we've heard that they are even blocking the main thorofairs so that no civilians can pass at all.

This is the vacation that just won't end! Being a home body I can't wait to get home.

Vacation in FL

Here's a few highlights from my trip to Tampa. These are from a Victorian Teahouse we visited. Even the boys liked it...a little bit. They wouldn't dare put on the big hats or feathery boa, but I guess I can't blame 'em. I don't have many pictures actually of anything else but I guess I didn't think that pictures of Target or the mexican restaurant or the coffee shop would be all that interesting for anyone else.

We also went to the beach, a few of us, for an hour or so one day. I loved that! The beaches here are really different than in CA. The sand is so soft and white like we were on a Caribbean island.

A surprise extended visit!

Well, we should've called. We knew we should've called but we were running late and we thought, for sure they'll still take off. They are used to all this rain!
I was supposed to fly back to Honduras last night from Tampa. My route has a layover of only one hour in Ft. Lauderdale. The plane did take off from Tampa but too late for me to catch my connecting flight in Ft. lauderdale. I didn't want to spend the night and all day today there alone waiting for the 11pm flight so I got the refund and came back to Dave and Amy's.

I couldn't fly out today becuase everything was already booked. So I can fly out Friday but with thunderstorms here every afternoon I'm bound to have the same problem if I try to fly out at night again, missing my connecting flight. So the only thing they could suggest, if I fly with them (Spirit air, who has great prices but not so great time choices) is to fly out of Tampa at 11am, arrive in Ft.Lauderdale at noon and then wait until 11pm in the airport to catch the flight down to Honduras! So what would be 3.5 hours of total travel time turns into about 15 hours! And anyone who's been in the Ft. Lauderdale airport knows that I'll run out of things to do in about 5 minutes. Now, getting stuck 12 hours in the Houston airport wouldn't be so bad. It'd be bad for my wallet,though, for sure!

So I get to spend a few more days with my family. Beto was disappointed, as am I, but he just said that God always has a reason for what happens and we can rest in that.

Stateside

This week I'm in the States visiting family, primarily to surprise one for his bday, and also to renew my VISA. It's been a great visit and my mom also came to surprise the family!
The trip here was interesting. Beto went with me and we left our house at about 2:30pm and took the 3:00pm bus up to the airport, which took 3 hours. Good thing we both slept a little because when we got to the airport at about 6:30 we were then sitting there until 12 midnight when I had to walk up to the gate for boarding for my 1am flight.
Beto was left all alone until the first bus back home left at 5am and he got home around 8. My first flight was only 2hours 20 minutes and I slept 2 hours of it.

I had an hour layover but you know by the time you get off the plane, go through customs, go through security again, there's hardly any wait time.

The first thing I noticed was that there was carpet in the airport, everywhere! And becuase of the location I noticed a little kiosk selling some type of Jamaican bread or something. And using the ATM machine prooved a little stressful. I saw way more interesting people than I ever do in La Esperanza. There isn't a lot of variety down there, except during tourist season.

I took my second flight which was only an hour and sat by an eccentric older couple that had matching outfits. When I told them how much I paid for my Spirit air flight I thought they were going to have a heartattack. They said that was too much becuase usually they get them for $9! Well, I did see a good deal a day or two after I already booked my flight, of course. That's how it goes. But in my opinion, I got a deal too good to pass up.

Yesterday we had fun running around, going to my nephew's place of work...a coffee shop! Yes! THen WalMart (today we must hit Target or I will feel a traitor to my own people), a few grocery stores, Blockbuster, Hallmark, well, I won't bore you but it was really exciting for me!

Don't have a cow!

Well, we don't, but we did borrow one from a brother at church. It came very hungry and ate/cut up a lot of our grass. Mateo was very curious and either was terrorizing the cow, or staring at it in awe, or trying to egg it on getting it to play with him. It was way better than television!

Happy 4th!

First of all, a personal shout out to Doug and Cynthia! Email me your email!
Well, about the picture from the previous blog, that is a water tank which we are super excited about because we will have water all the time in the house, and hot water in the shower, all the time! This morning we didn´t have water outside in the hose to wash clothes but we think that´s connected to the city line and doesn´t have to do with the tank, so we just wait till it comes, whenever that may be. Another picture shows our clothes sprawled all over the place. That is because most houses here DON´T COME WITH CLOSETS! NOR SHELVES OR CABINETS IN THE KITCHEN. I will have to get used to that and we (Beto and friends) will be building a lot of shelves, etc. Notice in the kitchen there are cabinets underneath which when you open smell like old moldy adobe...oh wait, that´s what it is!

Another interesting note, yesterday when i came to the internet cafe, I noticed something really strange on the ground by the door...one cow´s hoof. Thats´it, just a hoof. I told the girl at the front desk and she went out to see. I thought she´d call animal services(non'existenet) to come clean it up, or the police,or her boss. But no. She just calmly stated, ¨Oh, someone must have just killed a cow.¨ mmmmmm...

On that note, have a wonderful Fourth of July and know that I will be thinking about all of you there in the USA. Watch out for Cow´s hooves at the picnic!

Another happy afternoon

While back we had a Tarde Alegre in the school. This past sunday we had one after services at church. It was like a picknik outside. A lot of different families made different foods to donate and then sell to make money for the different groups that have recently sprung up in the church, very excitingly! The men are getting a lot more involved and the women too, more than before. Some men from the weekly men´s group led singing last Sunday. We had a lot of visitors and the church was more full than I´ve ever seen it, which is very exciting to see that more people from the community are now coming. It wasn´t your typical church potluck...there were pupusas and beef pinchos (kabobs) with rice, beans, tortillas. And of course for dessert there was coffee with fried sweet banana tacos. MMMMMMMMM...

Please keep the ministries and the church in your prayers. The women have formed different groups and each Sunday a different group is in charge of decorating the alter and greeting people at the door.
God is doing such great, amazing things and it is a really exciting time, as always!

Great Adventures

It´s true, I´ve learned, that you don´t have to go very far from home to have a great adventure. After about 5 trips, including Beto carrying a LOT of stuff on his moto, we are fully moved into the house. Now, to organize. We are very blessed with many great friends that helped us with their pickups. The house is only about a 8 min.drive from where we were before but it feels like we moved farther away. It feels more out in the country. Most houses here are surrounded by cementblock walls but in front of our house there is a very large piece of empty property where the cows graze. we are thinking about inviting them (cows) over to eat (the grass) which would also provide a free lawnmowing service. It´s a win'win situation. Yesterday Beto and I were in the old apt. cleaning and painting all morning, so of course when we were ready to leave at about 3pm it started to pour. We waited about an hour but it just wouldn´t let up so finally we had to go. We were so soaked, Beto on his moto and I on his bicycle. At first I was really annoyed and then i decided not to fight it and embrace the rain and mud and then it wasn´t so bad. We decided to do some shopping since we were already wet and dirty so we´d have some food in the house and when we finally arrived it was like we´d been on some famous water ride the likes of which I can´t remember any names right now for the life of me.

Concerning the house, I didn´t like it when we first saw it but loved it when we first moved in, then didn´t like it again when the roof leaked really bad in one room. The landlady and her family are great though! They live close and when the lights wouldn´t work the first night she came and just had us flip the breakers a few times, and voila! The house hadn´t been rented in awhile so the breakers were just a little sleepy. She came with her husband, daughter, and grandson last night and he, (Armando the husband and the little boy) crawled up into the rafters and found the leaky roof problem and fixed it. Today he came to fix another light that had one of those long tubular lights and put in a bulb. They are great people and last night we got to share with them what God has done in our lives, how we met and how He brought us here to La Esperanza and what we´re doing now. We had a great time laughing and talking.

At first mateo didn´t like the new house. He cried alot for his old place, butnow he loves it and has a lot of fun running around in the big yard getting really dirty.

Those are ¨Before¨pictures...before we organize. We have the kitchen, dining room, living room, our bedroom, the soon to be office, the soon to be TV-game room, the ¨bodega¨(storage), and bathroom. this morning when i walked into the bathroom we had another flood, from the leaking toilet, but beto fixed it! The bathroom reminds me of my late great'aunt´s house in Oregon, her little cabin in the woods.

The move

Today is the big day. We have everything ready to move. One of Beto{s friends is coming by tonight, kind enough to bring his truck to help us move. We are excited but it is a lot of work and stress. At least we do not have a lot to move. Homes here do not come with closets so until we find something we like we will be using our suitcases. We are moving closer to the church and we are excited to be moving into something new. We do not really know what the future holds and that is a little scary. Sometimes we do not even know what we are doing, but we have the peace of God and we are sure that He is always leading us and is with us.

The interview turned out for the best, "gracias a Dios" and thanks to all you who prayed. The reporter made some pretty funny comments after the interview aired. He portrayed me as a good example that all Hondurans should look at. He asked the camera man, "What do you do on your vacations?" "Travel", he said. Then the reporter said with a little caution, "I do not just get a week of vacation, i get one month, and I do not know about you, but well, on my vacation, I, well, I sleep....a lot!" And because of the interview I got a few calls from people who saw it that bought a lot of products.

Last Saturday Beto was well enough to help me sell at the school across the street and thanks to God because I could not have done it without his help! He made at least 10 trips back and forth from the store or house to the school, bringing more plates, forks, napkins, coffee, etc. We had so many customers, many very demanding, and we sold everything, which was the goal! Praise God. We made a bit of money which will help us a little bit to buy some appliances we need for the new house. In this small town where most people seem to know everyone, it helps to have friends with family in the appliance selling business. She will give us a really good discount.

I was not able to sit outside to sell today since we are packing up but I look forward to opening it up again at the new house. It was a really good ministry too. For instance, one day a drunk 19 year old passed by and I was talking to a Christian friend-apt. mate outside. She is Honduran and worked as a counselor at the school. I could not understand him very well since he was slurring and not making any sense. He was asking for money and she said we were not going to give him any. He asked for me to give him free bread but I said, I am really sorry but I cannot because this is my business right now. She encouraged him to buy some to take to him mom to appease her for him coming home drunk. She said, "why are you drinking, you are so young?" and he started to cry! he said his grandfather had died. I was glad she was there becuase I wasnt sure what to say or what i wouldve done. she said that she lost her father and brother awhile back but it led her closer to the Lord and not to drinking. It was a really great opportunity for ministry. In this town where bars are poppping up more frequently it is encouraging to see refreshing times of ministry like this and we are praying for many more, that La Esperanza will truly be a city and a light on a hill!

As seen on TV!

Today I was selling sweets, a little bored, a lot tired. Business was pretty slow today. Not as many people walked by. It was cloudy. I´d begun to think maybe this wasn´t going to work out after all. We went to the city hall to get a permit. I thought it would be a problem but it wasn´t. But in a few days we´ll be moving and we´ll need to work to build up clientel in the new place. Not that I´m wanting this to be full time, just that people know I´m available to bake a birthday cake or whatever when they need something. WEll, after a few hours this morning to break up the monotony, down the street comes the town´s nightly news anchor man of the little tv station here. I was giving out free samples today, which people don´t seem to understand here, but it helped a lot. So I offered the anchor man and his cameraman some samples and he asked what i was doing out there. I told him and he said, ¨Well, can we interview you as a story on how people take good advantage of their free time?¨ ¨Sure!¨, I said, very nervous. He interviewed me and i was all excited but after they left I thought of stuff I should´ve said. I mentioned we were moving but didn´t mention they could still call and I would still be in business. I went in soon after becuase it started to rain. I told Beto what happened and he wasn´t excited like I thought he´d be. He thinks a little more realistically than me sometimes. He was worried that becuase we are ¨temporary¨foreigners, the authorities might shut us down. Or that the school apt. owner would be upset for publicizing the fact that i´m doing a little business in front of his apts. So I called the owner and he said it didn´t sound good, but for different reasons. That they may take the story and twist it to show ¨this gringa that is taking Honduran jobs and money and why does she need to be working?...¨etc. I guess I was really naive. After all, ¨This IS Honduras¨, he said. Well, he said to just leave it and see what happens. It will be on the news tonight at 7pm. If you read this in time please pray it turns out for the glory of God and for good and not for evil.
It really got me thinking a lot. Beto and I, both foreigners here in La Esperanza. What are we doing? And since my friends left for the States I´m starting to feel really lonely. I feel like I´ve seen more of the ¨real Honduras¨ sitting out on the street this week. In the school, I see the wealthiest kids in town, I speak English all day and it´s a very almost ¨non-honduran-like¨environment. In just the past 4 days I feel like I´ve really learned a lot. I sit across from one of the public schools and see kids going in and out the gates all morning. They should be in class but they run out the gate and down the street out of sight. Some of them come back, some just sit up on the wall staring at me, asking me how to say all kinds of words in English, and asking me the prices of my goods over and over and over. Or asking me to give them something for free. yesterday I saw a truck pass filled with fire wood inthe bed and a small dog on top of the driver compartment. I wish I´d had my camera. it was like a circus trick! I see men chopping down trees with axes and I wish I had a chainsaw to offer them. I see women stealing the shreds of bark after they chop down the tree to cook for her family. I see 60ish year old women carrying 25 pounds of fire wood on their head to sell, and lots of other men and women carrying things into the center of town to try to sell. I have learned...again...that you really can´t judge a book by its cover. I try to offer goods to everyone who passes. Most say ¨No, gracias.¨Actually most lie and say they´ll buy when they come back or tomorrow, but I know they just mean, ¨No, don´t ask me again.¨ Sometimes I almost don´t ask someone becuase they look too poor or for some reason like someone that won´t buy, and they end up buying the most. The people who look like they have enough money to buy are usually the ones who pass with a scoul on their face like I can´t belive you just asked me to buy bread! ugh!

It´s been a good experience and I´m grateful for it.

to conclude, Please pray for Beto. he´s got a high fever today but was starting to feel better about an hour ago. Please pray he continues to improve.

New Little Business

This week I decided that since I love to bake baked goods, I would try to sell some outside the apartments and just see how it goes. The first day it went really well. I only made 16 banana muffins and they sold in an hour. I had to go in and make more and sold about 28 in the afternoon. Everyday it´s gotten a little better. This morning I had to go out at about 6.45am becuase from then until about 7.30 it seems the most people pass by. We, Beto and I, sold some coffee too and I got some orders for cakes and cookies. I think I might have found my calling! I love baking and I love meeting new people that come to buy. Sometimes we get some shady characters. Like yesterday a man came by and wanted to buy 15 muffins, ¨for the cheeldrens¨, he said in english. Wow! Ok, I was excited! Later he came by but just kept walking on by without looking at me. Beto was out there and I asked the man, Do you want to take your muffins now?¨ ¨Later later¨, he said. Turns out he was drunk. He just held his liquor really well.
Today another man came by. He wanted us to give him a muffin and coffee for free. I told him I was very sorry but we couldn´t do that. We had some very small muffins that burned a little that were at half price. He started to rub his belly and say he was very hungry. After awhile he just stood there and stared at us. We finally had to ignore him becuase he wouldn´t let up. Finally he walked away and shouted at us, ¨Well, FINE! I´ll ask God and not you!¨ He apparently didn´t hold his liqour so well.
In about a week we´ll be moving to another house closer to church. We are hoping to open up the business there maybe 1/4 time between ministries with the church, teaching Bible, etc.

We found a house to rent! It has 4 bedrooms, kitchen,dining room, family room, one bath and a lot of land outside. Beto could plant a corn field if he wants! We are pretty excited. It´s a litle big for just us but we may rent out a room or two in the future. All the other places were too small, too expensive, too old and ugly, or too far from church. And it´s not a bad price for being so big, and we know the owners already. The only thing is that the kitchen sink is a little too small and low to the ground for me, but I guess I can adjust. Maybe start washing dishes sitting down, or just have Beto do them! Just kidding. Washing dishes and cooking is about all I have to do. Beto is so great at washing clothes, sweeping, mopping. I´m so blessed!

Dani's going away party

Ms. Dani will be missed so much by many people. Ms. Kathy planned a surprise going away party for her at church. the graduations were also held at the church which is why there are decorations for it in the background(we had to do it the day before).
Seems like everyone wanted to put on a little show for her and of course the infamous pinata!

SWS Graduations

Last Saturday we celebrated the graduations of Preporatoria (Kindergarden in States), 6th grade, and high school, which is like 11th grade. There were about 20 in each class except 11th grade only had 3. There was one student who got every kind of award possible. He'd been in the same school his whole life and it was a pretty emotional ceremony. The Prepa graduation was really cute, I don't quite get the point except for the kids and parents to get dressed up and feel special, which is important.
NOw we're on vacations and Beto and I have been house-hunting like crazy! Up the mountains, on either extreme sides of town. Wé've considered renting, buying, and just buying property and building our own house. We have finally decided on a pretty big 4 bedroom, one bath house to rent near the church where we'll be ministering. We could possibly rent out a room or two to help pay for the rent, which isn't a lot compared to the States, but if we could have help that wouldn't be bad.
We couldn't stay in school housing since I won't be teaching htere next year. We'll both be full time missionaries, Lord willing.
It has been a fun vacation so far. Today I sold banana bread outside the apartments and it went better than I thought! I have many demands for other flavors, and more of them, tomorrow morning. Maybe we'll sell coffee too.
Ms. Jessy went with me to take Dani and Sarah to the airport to return to the States. (another blog)
I meant to mention that Beto went to Guatemala for a week to get his international driving licence and he got to buy it! It's really how they do things there(here). After all those years of making jokes that bad drivers "buy"their licenses, it really is true.

Beto's Bike

Thank you, thank you, thank you! to all who helped us to buy a motorbike for Beto. He loves it and it helps so incredibly much! He just can't stop saying how much faster all the errands are with it! We really appreciate all of your love and support. We are so grateful for this amazing blessing!

Copan with Ms. Dani

A few notes about the pictures. Copan has the best coffee in all of Honduras and they make the best coffee shakes with it!
Batman and I discussing important Mayan artifacts.
Miss Dani going down into a tunnel.
A stressed out bird, literally! The bird park keeps the birds in big roomy cages because all of them were at one time in captivity, so they are tame. Many of them arrived in distress from people who didn't know how or just didn't take good care of them. As you can see he is one stressed out bird. They even have one specific cage for stressed birds. I'm not sure why they didn't have him in there. Perhaps because of the thing on his neck. He came from a woman in California who lived with the bird on a boat. Ms. Dani petting some baby tucans. The beautiful streets of Copan. The hamburger looking stone is where the Mayans performed their human sacrifices.


This past weekend we got out of town as fast as we could! It was good to be done with all the paper work at school and finally relax and sleep in a little. We stayed at a really beautiful, and cheap, hotel, quiet and clean. We saw the ancient Mayan ruins, and went underground to the tunnels that the archeologolists (sp?) have been excavating for 25ish years. It is really amazing. Our guide is pure mayan and a wealth of information. He speaks english, spanish, and one of the 28 remaining mayan languages (there were originally 32!) He was pretty funny. He was telling us how the ruins are becoming known as [Bat City] becuase the original name meant Bat because there were alot of them there. Then he went on to tell us that his name in Maya means bat or something like that, and his birthday is the day or month of the bat. I asked him jokingly, "So we should call you Batman?" thinking he would just laugh and give some kind of come back, but he just stared at us blankly in all seriousness, nodded his head, and said, "yes". So I did. "Hey Batman, what{s this over here?" "Hey Batman, can you read these hyroglyphics?" Which he actually could. He{s been helping the archeologists for many years decipher the writings. It was fascinating.
We also went to the bird park where my mom and aunt glenda went last july. Dani saw a snake and the guide took my camera and chased it down to try to get a picture but it got away. There was excitement at every turn!
We had an interesting time traveling. On our way there we took teh 4.30 am bus 3 hours north. There we were giong to take our connecting bus but it was already full becuase it was a little van, not a big bus like i thought. So we were stuck, because of the weird bus times, in the very hot and humid, bus terminal (no a-c of course) for about 5 hours. Since we weren{t used to it we started feeling dizzy and light headed, and closer to departure time we didn{t want to drink a lot of water because it was a 3 hour nonstop trip with no bano on board. On the way back yesterday we planned our trip around SHOPPING! We had seen some really great deals on some nice shirts and stuff in the terminal, so we thought we would have 2 hours before our connecting bus left. We went to the ticket counter to buy them and a man comes up to us all frantic, asking us hurriedly, "you going to La Esperanza? Well, hurry up the bus is here it leaves at 11!" Ok, he took my bag and we followed him. We get to the bus gate and he just sets my bag down. he said the bus wasn't there yet and it was only 10.30, so after he disappeared i took up my bag again and we went to the bathroom. Then we went to buy Dunkin Donuts to take back for everyone. We are in line and he comes all up in our personal space giving us that "What are you doing youre going to miss the bus!" look. I said, "Look, is the bus here?" "No." "Ok, we are gonig to buy our breakfast and we will be out there in plenty of time. " WHich we were. We sat on the hot stifling bus in the terminal for an hour before it left! They said it was going to leave at 11, then 11.10. All that shopping time just wasted! We were not happy, to say the least! But now we are back safe and sound.