Hello, and welcome to this SIP blog. I´m in the tropical paradise/complete mess called Honduras, working through Mennonite Central Committee with El Proyecto MAMA. El Proyecto MAMA, which stands for Women, Friends, Miles Apart, works with education, health, and commuity development in a variety of towns, with the majority of them rural. My specific task is to make a promocional video for the Project, in order to help them get more funding, as well as to spread the word about the great work they're doing.

One specific challenge in this is the fact that the video needs to come out in both English and Spanish, to help reach a wider audience. In reality, I should be doing this in Dutch, Japanese, and many other languages, as Honduras is a huge recipient of aid from many countries. (Who that aid is actually helping will be the point of a future blog, I'm sure).

I´m already actually about half way through my actual SIP assignment, and I'm here in Honduras until July 24. I'm also going to the Mennonite Church USA Convention in California the first week in July.

So far, I've kept rather busy. I've become a huge soccer fan (Honduras lost yesterday in the Gold Cup, sadly) and included are some photos of some of the soccer related craziness here. I've conducted about 15 interviews, have shot hours of footage. I've had some travel experiences, which I'll try to post a bit on later.

So far I've been thinking a lot about theology in a mission context. My home church in Pennsylvania was also started as a mission church, and it is interesting seeing some of the same trends in both.

Anyways, I need to get back to work, so I can finishing transcribing this interview.