Traveler Palm In San Pedro Sula, Honduras
1/2 way to La Ceiba - Garden behind roadside store
Inside church
Randy explains the rules when siteseeing
Looks like new! A gift from Chicago...notice the American flag on the side.
Checking out the beach on the first day
Zion Methodist Church, La Ceiba, Honduras
Char and Diane outside the church
Pastor Randy Webster outside the church in La Ceiba
Filling our plates with WONDERFUL food!
Our "dining room" in the church
View from courtyard
1st of 4 early but always delicious breakfasts.
Filling the gaps
Trina taking a break
Careful supervision
Creative gap-filling
Randy working on a special project
Part of our extended family
Aaliyah at the beach
La Ceiba beach sunset
Playing in the waves
Nice hotel where we went into the sea
Sunset over La Ceiba
Raindrops on Banana Leaves
Group Relaxing on St. Patrick's Day
Pastor Jeff exhibited outstanding patience and humor!
Mary Jane and Char share a laugh in the hallway.
Tape and mudding the rear bathroom
Mary Jane learns to tape and mud!
Jeff looks in on Trina & Connie in bathroom #2
Trina & Connie in bathroom #2
Trina consulting with Pastor Randy in bathroom #2
Mary Jane & Connie sanding the "un-door".
Mary Jane gets down to some serious sanding.
Diane and Aaliyah
Street vendors on our "tourista break".
We saw lots of fresh produce, Char bought sliced mango's.
Tourista's
Busy city street, pedestrians Do Not have right of way here.
Plantains in the Parsonage front yard
Preparing for our Turista journey
Grapes at market in La Ceiba
Jeff and Connie mark 1st pc of sheetrock
...still marking 1st piece.
Pastor Randy installs ceiling studs so we can sheetrock this 10 ft. ceiling.
Trina and Mary Jane working in the rear bedroom.
Char cuts in the middle bathroom
Upstairs hall connecting 3 bedrooms - This was our work and living domain for the duration of our mission project.
Diane signing the undoor
Mary Jane signing the undoor
Aaliyah signs the undoor
Asaliyah in front of our messages on the “undoor” in bedroom #2
The signed "undoor"
Sion Methodist Church of la Ceiba, HondurasCourtyard ViewPastor Randy Webster
Front of Parsonage
Natalee, Reeba and little Valerie, Connie and Trina in the kitchen - always a busy place during our stay.
Our T-bars worked great!
Connie and Diane working on 2nd pc
Connie and Diane cut opening for light fixture.
2nd pc goes up
Diane & Aaliyah on La Ceiba street
La Ceiba street market
Trina negotiating in the street market, La Ceiba
La Ceiba fruit vendor
La Ceiba shopping trip
To buy or not to buy---La Ceiba
Street scene, La Ceiba
Street vendors, La Ceiba
Typical store, La Ceiba
La Ceiba street scene
Street corner food booth, La Ceiba
La Ceibita street scene
Looking from upstairs porch down to bedroom #3
Plumber in upstairs bathroom #2 (Southern Hills UMC helped fund the bathroom remodel as well)
Last section to sheetrock & yes we notched the pc for that electrical wire.
Mary Jane and Connie measure last sheet for piecing in the rest of the ceiling.
Trina and Aaliyah
Volunteer cooks in the church kitchen
Our new ceiling
Wet mud
This is ready to sand & paint!
Jeff sets the last screw!
Sheetrock Mission Accomplished!
Recinest makes our lunch
Final preparations to leave
Wired confusion
Upstairs hallway with our snacks
Upstairs bedroom #3
Upstairs bathroom #2
Upstairs hallway
Upstairs bedroom #1
Painted ceiling in bedroom #3
Painted ceiling in upstairs bedroom #1
Ceiling patches in second story bedroom #1
Second story bathroom #1
Second story porch/ tool repository
Valerie tries out new swim ring
Aaliyah entertaining us
"Presenting" herself
Another picture?
Char presenting herself
Ring around a Valerie
Pensive Connie
Checking e-mail
Valerie trying out the float tube
View out the front door
Mary Jane going into the kitchen
Char & Mary Jane watching Recinest cook
View from the side of the Parsonage front porch
Little pineapple growing outside the Parsonage, Aaliyah was the photographer
Guess who?
Hi, Trina!
Relaxed Mary Jane
Problem waiting to happen
Zion Methodist Church
Aaliyah at side door of the Church, La Ceiba
Beautiful flowers in the courtyard
The church next to the Parsonage, La Ceiba
Connie and the ceiling that we didn't do, the Parsonage
View front porch at the Parsonage
You think we have wires? View from front of the Parsonage
Gardening on the side
Proper Aaliyah
Aaliyah
Diane, the Parsonage
Valerie, 2 yrs.
Mary Jane at the Parsonage
Lunch at the Parsonage, La Ceiba
Nurse taking woman's blood pressure on the street, La Ceiba
La Ceiba supermarket
“This is the chicken seasoning you need!” Aaliyah, La Ceiba supermarket
Aaliyah in La Ceiba supermarket
Facil (Easy) credit, La Ceiba supermarket
Easy credit in supermarket, La Ceiba, Honduras
Easy credit, La Ceiba supermarket
La Ceiba-Waiting line for ferry
Boats in the Port of La Ceiba
On the Ferry to Roatan
Watching the Ships Come In...
Harbor at La Ceiba, Honduras 2009
Leaving La Ceiba, Honduras VIM 2009
Looking back on harbor from ferry
Looking back at La Ceiba, Honduras VIM 2009
Goodbye, La Ceiba!
Looking back at La Ceiba & mountrains, Honduras VIM 2009
Leaving La Ceiba
On the way to Roatan
Watching the sunset
Fun on the ferry
Unique baggage claim on Roatan
Sunset on the Ferry
Sunset over Honduras
Ferry sunset
Sunset Ferry Cruise
Hurricane Wreck?
West End sand street
Walking into West End for dinner
Our veranda at Seagrape Resort
6:30 a.m. Seagrape Resort Veranda
Seagrape Resort cabins
View off pool deck
Seagrape Resort pool
Entrance to Seagrape Resort, Roatan
The Coconut Tree, Roatan
Our new "friend" Ralph teaching us how to make napkin roses.
Connie with Paper napkin Rose, The Coconut Tree, Roatan
Ralph added a lot of entertainment value!
Ocean view from pool deck at Seagrape Resort
Taking in the view
Mary Jane's Giraffe
Rainy morning before shopping and the beach
Wet sandy roads in West End Roatan
Palms at Half Moon Bay, West End Roatan
West End round-about in Roatan
Shopping in West End
West End restaurant on the water
Seagrapes
Seagrape Leaf
Yellow Fig Leaf
Red Fig Leaf
Another Fig Leaf
Last morning at Seagrape, what a view!
Seagrapes and bloom
Half Moon Bay, West End Roatan
Snorkeling in West Bay
Lots of fish around
Fish and Coral
Is that fish smiling?
Wave to the Camera!
Lighthouse Restaurant (where we ate our last night)
We were out right over the water
The lights of Half Moon Bay
Trina and Jeff, Sat. nite dinner on the water
Mary Jane, Char and Connie Sat. nite dinner on the water
SHUMC Honduran Team Sat. nite after dinner
Sat. nite at dinner
Thoughtful Pastor by Lamplight
Mary Jane enjoying the view
Diane on the last night
Trina at dinner
Big smile, Mary Jane!
Ready for home
serious ants on the march!
Happy Birthday to Mary Jane's Mom! (Toasting Banana Soda)
A happy and relaxed Mary Jane, Happy Birthday Mom!
