Hotel Casagrande

This is a picture of John and Adrianna Mattica, our missionary friends who have stayed with us for a week the past two years. They have become dear friends and partners in ministry. I thought that in addition to the work we're doing, many of you would be interested in where we are staying.. It is in Comayagua and is a small bed and breakfast called Hotel Casagrande. It is very nice. From the street, you can't really tell what it is like at all, but once you enter there are rooms on either side with beautiful wood doors. Ahead of you is the courtyard. It has a beautiful fountain, plants and statues. Our rooms surround the courtyard area. The rooms aren't fancy, but they are clean and the beds are actually pretty comfortable. You might forget that you are in a third world country until you go to the bathroom. Even when you first enter it, it is very pretty with the colorful tile. However when we brush our teeth, we can't use the water from the sink, we have to use bottled water so that we won't get parasites. Also, we have to be careful to keep our mouths closed in the shower. The other thing that is the hardest to get used to is that we can't flush toilet paper down the toilet. Therefore it is called hygeine paper here. You just have to drop the paper in the trash can beside you. Also, we eat at Casagrande for a lot of our meals. The place where we meet and eat we jokingly call "The Upper Room," but there actually is a staircase at the back of the courtyard that leads up to that room. I'm enclosing pictures of our Honduran "home."
Our meals are also something that are interesting. Most meals are served with beans, including breakfast! Most of our meals have been traditional Honduran food. We've had chicken, steak, tamales, tortillas...and then of course Burger King!