My Most Recent Update

Here is my most recent email update followed by a you tube link from a friend of a demonstration happening while we are in curfew (the police afterwards started raiding homes and my friend heard shots fired).


Hello friends and family!
I hope you are all well. There is a lot going on in the world right now and whether you be in a flooded neighborhood or New York traffic, my prayers are with you. I am writing to inform you of our latest bit of news here in Honduras. Manuel Zelaya, the ousted president, has come back. This took everyone by surprise (the acting president, Roberto Micheletti, even denied it at first.) He is now holed up in the Brazilian embassy (international territory) with the police waiting outside to arrest him. The Resistance (Zelaya's supporters who are known for vandalism from spray painting to blowing up cars and restaurants with molotov cocktails) have been rallying outside of the embassy. Because of this, the government has declared a national curfew since 4 pm on Monday. We are still under curefew and not allowed to leave the house. Supposedly it will end tomorrow (Wednesday) at 6 am but they have already extended the curfew twice. This is very difficult for the many people in this nation below the poverty level that live day by day for money and food. Please be praying for them. Personally I have limited food supplies in my house (though I can afford to skip a couple of meals, unlike my poorer friends here) and all my clean clothes are at a laundromat I can't get to. The Resistence are still holding huge demonstrations in spite of the curfew and the police are fighting back with tear gas and in a few neighborhoods friends have heard shots fired. That includes my fiance's neighborhood. Please be praying. If you can get prayer groups together I would appreciate it. For more info, see my blog:

thethingsthatarenot.blogspot.com

or my twitter:

www.twitter.com/ThingsThatArent

Thank you!
Mateo






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDyO-ElWbC8