Spontaneous Parades Throughout the City!

Honduras qualified for the world cup tonight!

After church tonight we hurried into a grocery store to try and be able to catch the end of the game. Honduras had to beat El Salvador and the U.S. had to tie or beat Costa Rica for Honduras to qualify. The stars were lined up for Honduras tonight because the beat El Salvador 1-0 and in the last minute of injury time in a game that should have been won by Costa Rica the U.S. scored making it a tie game 2-2. The games ended at about the same time and the entire country of Honduras errupted into cheers and honking horns. We left the grocery store into a lively city and decided to drive around a bit and enjoy the moment.

The city turned into a spontaneous parade. Everyone came out into the streets waving flags, wearing jerseys, and hollering. We drove around town, honking and yelling with everyone else. While listening to the radio we heard the president announce that tommorrow is a national holiday!

It is so exciting for this country. The world cup is HUGE! Honduras hasn't qualified since 1982, and this is only the second time in Honduras history to go. It is so great to have something so unifying, something so exciting, something going so well for the country. I believe that for tonight, and maybe tommorrow, this country has forgotten their political strife and is unified in celebrating this great feat. And it is so exciting. I'm happy to be in this country tonight! I'm so proud!