We live in Pinalejo, Honduras with a population of roughly 7,000 people. It is about an hour from the city of San Pedro Sula. It is a rural community. There is no address for our house and we use cell phones and internet to stay connected to the world. The three of us live very comfortably in a large Mission House owned by the church. We have running water (though not safe to drink) and electricity (most of the time). We can accomodate about 14 extra people so easily house teams that come to do projects or work in the clinic.
Though we live in a big, beautiful house, we do our best to live simply like the Hondurans around us. We try to produce as little trash as possible as it all gets burned in the backyard as there is no other way to dispose of waste. We wash our clothing by hand and make a point to make our coffee the Honduran way (by running water through grounds in a strainer) rather than buying a coffee maker. We make a point to live as humbly as possible.
We live within the same compound as another family that works through AIEH, the social service branch of the church that runs the clinic. Sandra is works in the pharmacy and Jose is the groundskeeper. They have two children and Sandra's brother lives with them as well. They are the closest we have to family here in Honduras.
Within the same compound is the clinic with which we work and further down is the nutrition center (which is unfortunately closed due to lack of funds).
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