6-21-08

2pm
Honduras

I can not believe what I just did. Today is our free day. We took a long drive to a “surprise” area. Everyone was sure we sere going to the beach, but we came to a waterfall, a huge, breathtaking waterfall.
They said we were going to take a tour of the waterfall; I assumed that meant we were going to get in a boat and get close to it, which would’ve been awesome. When they said tour, they meant tour inside the waterfall. First they took us to the little platform in front of the waterfall and I thought that was it, but then our tour guide started climbing along a narrow edge of a cliff towards the waterfall, and we fallowed.
You could feel the water from the water fall blowing on your face. We came over a ledge and the view made me cry. How can anyone not believe in our creator; but then again, I used to shun those who believed. How could I have been so blind to his glory?
On the other side of the ledge was a pool of water from the falls surrounded by rocks about fifteen feet below me. By the time I got there people were already in the water and telling me to jump in. I thought they were joking, but I had to jump, there was no other way down there.
It was so awesome. Then they guided me even closer to the falls. I was chest deep in water with the pressure of the waterfall coming at me. I could barely see a thing but it felt so good, the water felt so clean.
Our guide kept leading us about the rocks until we had gone through the waterfall and were under an overhanging rock. We could barely see because of the thundering water in front of us. Then they led us into a cave under the waterfall. We had to climb up the narrow cave and at first I honestly didn’t think I would fit, but there was room once we made it inside the cave. We began singing wonderful maker… it was the most amazing worship ever.
Then we had to come back. I had to climb up wet mossy rocks and through water. It was so exciting. We came back over a ledge to the pool of water we had previously jumped into, but now the jump was about five feet higher. After a thrilling jump, we made our way back along the narrow muddy ledge we came on. Honestly, that was the scariest part; climbing up a shinny slippery slope with rushing water a billion feet below us. So I’m exaggerating, but it was intense.
I’m so excited to call home. So much has happened this week. I get to make my calls today. Mama is not going to believe this.