The original plan involved me and the rest of the group boarding a bus by now and heading to Atlanta for our flight to Honduras. However, the State Department decided to extend their travel advisory and so UNCA pulled the plug on our trip. Our tickets have been canceled, the money which was paid for our room and board while in Honduras is being refunded, and we are attempting to get a refund from Delta Airlines. What’s worse is that the four local school in Honduras which were anticipating a visit from some American college students will now be disapointed to hear that they will have to wait because of the current, non-violent, political situation in their country. While our group understands that the university had to withdraw their support of our trip due to the recent political events which are beyond their, and our, control, it doesn’t make it any less dissapointing to have the trip canceled. We are most concerned about the people who we were trying to help who need the resources we were attempting to bring into their country. We are considering vearious fund raiser activities to attempt to offset this loss of funds in some way. If you are capable of helping Shoulder to Shoulder and the people of Honduras in some way please visit their site and look around for things they need which you could provide.
