As requested, a post about food. Sort of.

It's Monday in Honduras and I am Taylor Molitor! And in the spirit of all days, allow me to say that it's Monday, Monday, gotta get down on Monday. Lief has been reading all of your comments and text messages at our nightly meetings, and we have heard a number of requests for a blog post about food. I shall strive to remedy the lack of food posts here. Our evening meals have been as follows:

FIRST NIGHT: We took the team bus to a open air food court, and ate "baleadas," a delicious combination of beans, rice, cheese, plantains, beef, pico de gallo, and other things that were delicious but that I can't remember. The name "baleadas" comes from a story that may or may not be true. A woman was making tortillas with beans, rice, and cheese, when a shooting took place, and she was tragically and accidentally struck by a wayward bullet. From that point forward, people would say that they should eat at the place where the "baleada" had been shot. Thus the name was born.

SECOND NIGHT: The team journeyed to a Chinese restaurant, and supped upon delicious Asian dishes, served family style with fried rice, and a delectable soup in which corn floated. Matt Berry may or may not have described the soup as "rustic." In the words of Charles, it was "marginally decent, marginally decent." Grape soda made an appearance.

THIRD NIGHT: We stayed at the hotel, ate  grilled (?) chicken, beans, rice, and a Honduran version of summer squash, all wrapped in house made tortillas. Ben and I ate a prodigious amount of said summer squash. Much water and watermelon juice was consumed by all.

FOURTH NIGHT: We partook of incredible tacos. Meat options included chicken, carne asada, pastor, beef, chorizo, and pork. Sauces were legion, and limes were also present. Jamaica and lemonade was consumed. Slight stomach issues were had by some, though not because of this meal. Paul's logistical skills were praised and IT WAS NANCY VEGA'S BIRTHDAY!!!

So that's all of the dinners we have consumed so far! Today we split the team into two groups: one that stayed at AFE, and one that headed to our building site where work was begun on a lovely frame house. At first there was some concern that our group of 16 people would not have much to do, as los jefes, our bosses Don Pedro y Don Raul, were incredibly efficient. After about ten minutes however, they finished the technical elements of one wall, and we set to work nailing planks to the exterior.

Time flew by, and before we knew it, we had been joined by the team from AFE, and together we built the third wall of the day. The team at AFE had a wonderful time playing with the kids, and Matt and Andre were a hit in their beards and wide necked robes, respectively. We stopped after raising the third wall, and headed back to the hotel. It was an excellent work day, with few if any accidents, and a wonderful team ethic both at AFE and at the work site. I am excited to hear more stories from the AFE team, many of which will be provided by Linda, who will be next to post on this blog. I think. A quick shout out to my family whom I miss and love very much, and to my splendid housemates, my family away from my family.