Happy (Belated) Easter!

Last week (the week leading up to Easter) was "Semana Santa" here in Honduras.... Holy Week. Sort of. It's called Holy Week, but it's not particularly holy.... it's more like Party-on-the-Beach Week. The secular culture just enjoys a week off, basically ignoring the Jesus-dying-for-our-sins part. You know, the whole point of the holiday. Not that we're any better... be honest, what do you spend more time thinking about during the Christmas season: God or gift lists?

Anyhow, the local church I've been going to with the Harmons held a special "event" down on the beach during Semana Santa. Proper attire for church down here is long pants (for guys) and skirts (for girls), and we assumed that those rules applied for the special service as well. What we didn't realize was that the "service" was more of a church picnic.

So we showed up in our Sunday best...

... only to discover a rollicking....



...frolicking....



...Honduran beach barbecue in progress.



We didn't exactly blend in. ;)

Despite being slightly over-dressed, we still had an awesome afternoon. I made sure to partake of the four basic F's: food, fun, fellowship, and Fotography.








Honduran worship, unplugged.



Steaks, anyone?

Then, on Easter Sunday, the missionary community held a sunrise service down on the beach. Unfortunately, the sun rises at 5:30. That's very, very early.

Mmmmm.....