So I've been in Copan for a little over a week now. I have been learning a lot!! Its pretty exciting being able to communicate with people although I still have a ways to go.
I really like my teacher, her name is Sara and she is super nice. She knows that Im working on my spanish for the mission field so she talks to me about the bible, God, and diffrent
stories in the Bible so that I can learn words directly associated with Christianity. So that is pretty awesome, I also have been able to visit places around Copan. Places like the Ruins
and diffrent museums, so I have been learning a lot about their cultures there. When iI get back Kara, Norma, and I are staring the offical first Bible-study at the property.
I really excitied about and I am hopeing to be able to post a blog each weeks talking about what we talk about in the Bible-study. This Bible-study is more of a means of disipleship.
So we will be choosing a verse a week talking about why it is important and why we need to learn about it. THen we are going to challenge the women to mermorize the verse we studied.
It should be very good!! Please continue to pray for me as I'm at school that I get this Spanish down, and start praying for the Bible study and all the women who will be
participating in it!
Love you guys!!!

So I got to Copan the other day. Ill be here for three weeks so that I can learn more spanish. I had to ride the bus here and that was pretty
crazy, the bus was nice so it wasnt that bad. I started school yesterday and I meet my teacher. She is really nice, her name is Sarah.
She took me out to eat and I got to know her. Be in prayer these few next weeks that I am able to learn and retain the knowledge.
I am actually staying with a family here in Copan. They are super nice and they even have a daugther here about my age. The family here gives me a place
to stay and they cook three meals a day for me. I have been eating a lot of beans and bananas :-). I get my own room with a bathroom and a fan. The room is
really nice, it is just kind of akward being here and not really being able to talk very good to the family, but I know it will be good. Also for the next few weeks will
you pray that I stay safe and God puts portection around me. I will be seeing you all soon!!!

Hola!! I havent had good internet signal for the past couple of weeks so i havent been able to post anything. IM actually in Teguc. again to get my passwort stamped. Hince the good internet.
The past weeks have been full of diffrent things. I have been able to go to two more of the womens fellowships which have been amazingly fun. Kara's family was also able to visit which I know
that they enjoyed. We were able to attend some church services while they were here and they were very good!! Next Sunday I will be going to Spanish school in Copan Honduras. It is the school that George and Kara
went to. I will be going for three weeks so please start praying that God gives me the knowledge that I need. I found a mouse in my room so pray also that it goes away.
I have around two more months untill I come home for Christmas, so pray that I use the rest of the time here to bring glory to God's name.
I love you guys
Taryn

Weeks 5 and 6

These last two weeks have been pretty crazy! There has been a lot of things going on. First the youth from RRC came for a week. I really enjoyed having them here and I had a lot of fun with them. We did a lot of diffrent things that week. We went to a church on sunday and we were able to minster to them there. On Monday and Tuesdaywe went to two schools. We were able to go to my school on tuesday and hang out with them. They seemed to really enjoy it! On wednesday the youth hiked up a extremely hard mountian and they were able to go to a very remote village and share Christ with the people there. Then they left on Thursday and a couple of us stayed behind. We all worked very hard and got the dorms all nice and clean. Oh and Sadie was born on Thursday! She is very beautiful and pretty super awesome. I was really sad to see them all go. The next team came in that Sunday. I got to see my Momma!! I had a really good time that week. The first school we went to was huge! they had over 300 students! Then at night time we went to the church that the men built the first week i was here and did a VBS there. They really enjoyed it and we did that every night for three night. We got to do something special on Tuesday morning, my school was celebrating a Honduran Festival called Dia De Lempira. Which is a celebration of a Mayan warrior who fought off the Spanish. They got dressed up in traditional costumes and renacted the fight between the Mayans and People from Spain. It was really neat to see!! So now we are waiting for the next team to come on Sunday! Be in prayer for them and all the people they will meet this week!!!

Week 4

Hey! A lot has gone on this week. First I was able to go and visit Copan. It was very cool. I was able to visit the school that George and Kara went to when they were learning Spanish. I got to meet their teachers and I even got to meet Kara’s teacher’s daughter. It was awesome being able to go and see all the things I heard from George and Kara’s blog (http://declare-his-glory.blogspot.com). I got to go and visit the ruins too, this was an awesome experience. Not only was I able to see something cool, but I also learned a lot about the culture of Honduras. I learned about some of their history and I learned a lot about people who still follow Mayan practices and religions. It is really important that I put forth an effort to try and learn things about the people of Honduras things like their culture, history, and language. We stayed for a night and then came back to the property.
Saturday I went to a church in yamaragea (I spelled that completely wrong) and I got to attend a fellowship for women. It was fun we played games, read from God’s word, and prayed for each other. I got to meet a lot of new people and I made new friends. Sunday we went to church and we learned about how the touch of Jesus is powerful both physically and spiritually. Sunday we were able to attend the Spanish version of “Heaven’s Gates and Hell’s Flames”. They did this play for one weekend and over 150 people received Christ into their lives!!!!!!!!!!
This week at school the kids learned numbers 1-20 and colors. They caught on really quick. These kids are super smart!! The youth team is going to be able to visit the school so I’m really excited about that. Continue to pray for the kids and Noë (the teacher, his name is pronounced like Noah). Next week we are going to learn greetings and goodbyes. God is defiantly working things out for us in this school. Please pray that he continues to do so!

I know you guys are praying for this ministry and for all of us here on the property, I know because I can tell and I am extremely thankful for that!! Pray that God will us all of us in any way that he sees fit!!!
Love you guys!
Taryn

Week Three:
Today is Wednesday June22, 2010. This week I did things that I was really excited to do. First on saturday we had Elias birthday party it was a lot of fun and there was a ton of people there! Evis made the pinata.

Second at church on Sunday a team from the United States was there at Mr. Keith and Mrs. Joanna’s property so one of the guys from the team gave the gospel message. It was really powerful! They had music before the sermon this week. It was kind of weird singing in Spanish at first but it was a lot of fun and I think I got a hand at it, we sang I am a friend of God and Ancient of days. The other night there was a cow either giving birth or dying but either way it was crazy having to go to sleep to that! I went back to school yesterday and I was able to teach! It was pretty scary but George was there to help me with the Spanish parts. I made a chart of the alphabet called “Alfabeto de Ingles” It had all the letters of the alphabet, an English word that started with the same letter, and a Spanish equivalent of the English word. We pretty much just worked through the chart and sang the alphabet song a lot! It went really good thanks to all of your prayers! Thank you I needed it! Right now I am in Copan. We are spending the night here. This Saturday I will be able to go to a women’s meeting with Norma and Kara. It is where all the women of the community come together and fellowship. I am pretty excited!
Love you guys and miss you!
Taryn

¡¡¡¡¡Week Two!!!!!

This week we do not have a team with us, so on Sunday I was able to go to church at George and Kara's friends property. It was a really good service. We learned about being cheerful when you give your offering or tithe. The missionaries who live at the property are Keith and Joanna. They are very nice! They invited us all to dinner at their house on Wednesday night.

Monday we were able to go to La Esperanza and get more things that we needed and some groceries. I was able to get chocolate milk in a bag!! When we got back we straighten up around the dorms. Sweeping and such.

Also this week I was able to go to the school that I am going to be teaching. It is about 40 minutes from the property. There is one teacher and he has 25 students. They are all different ages. They all seemed super sweet and I am super excited to get to know them better. We decided that I am going to teach every Monday at nine for about an hour. Then after that I will just stay and help out anyway I can. I am going to teach them basic english. Things like colors, the alphabet, numbers and basic phrases. PLEASE be in prayer for this!!! It will be a great way for me to witness to the students and the teacher.

Love you guys

Taryn

Week One

Week One:
Today is Saturday June 12. Yesterday the men's team left to head back to the states. This first week has been very eventful! The men completed an entire church in just three days and they were even able to go to the first service in it. It looked pretty snazzy. All the guys did great and they all worked really hard!
What did I do this week you ask? Well, I was able to help Norma, Kara , Mrs. Nancy, and Caca with cooking lunch and dinner for the men. I think Icut around 300 pounds of carrots. We also were able to paint the entire common room. It is a lovely shade of green. Also I was able to go shopping in La Esperanaza for food for the meals. I even got to go to the market and order some tomatoes all by myself. It was pretty exciting. I got settled in the room and I am very thankful to have a place where I can stay and be around amazing people who love the Lord.
God is definitely working in Honduras and I ask you to pray for the people here. There is a great need for Christ here. God has placed people here who are hungering after him; we just need to be in constant prayer for them.
The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quite you with his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. Zephaniah 3:5
Oh and it has rained here everyday so far.
I love and miss you guys!,
Taryn