Sunday
We worked on finishing the painting in the sewing room and finishing our projects. We finished in time for church service that was live-streamed on the internet from Oviedo. It was great to see a part of home.
After lunch we learned about coffee. They picked coffee beans from up in the mountains. Then they let the beans dry in the sun for a day. The next day they have grinders that take the shell off the bean. It all grinds into a container. They are able to use the wind to separate the shell from the bean. Once you have just the beans they roast the coffee. It is a truly amazing process.
Some of us went into the next town over, Comayagua. They have a church in the town center from 1650. It has the oldest clock tower in the Americas. An old painting of Bartholomew being skinned alive, it was very moving. They have power lines strung everywhere, 50 lines running between poles. Sometimes wires are held off the ground by window shutters.
After dinner the children had a good-bye program for us. It was a wonderful event.
We leave early in the morning to head back home.
We are not sure if the kids will head back with us. It will be hard to leave without them. They are very happy children and have been a lot of fun to be around for the last few days.
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