Hello again from Honduras! It is wonderful to be back up in the mountains around Tegucigalpa. When I landed on the 2nd, it was about 70 degrees here in Honduras!!! The weather has been absolutely beautiful since coming back!

My time in the states was absolutely wonderful also. There were a lot of people that I wanted to visit more with that I did not get to, but I think I did a LOT for the short 5 weeks or so I was home. I got to visit a lot of family and friends in Geneva, Roanoke, Panama City, Phoenix City, and Jacksonville. I really enjoyed getting to attend a lot of different Christmas functions and concerts, including going to Festival of Lights at Callaway Gardens. I also loved getting to speak at 4 different churches over the break and sharing more personally what we’ve been doing here at the ranch. Plus, I got to go to Wal-Mart about 10 different times!!!

Anyhow, I wanted to thank all of you very much for making my time at home wonderful!! Thank you for all of the encouragement, love and support for what I am doing here in Honduras.
Last Friday we had a day of preparation in our classroom and Monday school got off to an awesome start. Last weekend was great getting to go back to Union church and seeing all of the people there. It is great being around the kids again and since getting back, we have started having actual rehearsals with some of the kids wanting to participate in a Praise and Worship band. They have been taking some private lessons, and now we are putting it all together and starting to combine our efforts. I am really wanting to see these kids work together for something like this and I think we are on the right track.

Last night the singles from the ranch met up with a couple of other singles from church and had coffee at CafeMania and then got some pizza from a little place in a neat little neighborhood. I got to talk with Terry Mallasch, COO of WGO, about a possible internship with the Medical/Evangelism side of the ministry for this summer. It would be about 6 weeks, and would involve helping to coordinate teams coming in and out, and helping coordinate the medical and evangelism outreaches around different parts of Tegucigalpa. This is an AWESOME possibility I am looking at, and hopefully things will progress. More to come!

Well, as I said, it is good to be back here and our internet is normal again so I look forward to sending updates each Saturday and also hope to hear from some of you. No pictures yet, but there will be.
Thanks so much for everything! Love to all of you! God Bless!
-Jesse Tiner