Life Under a Mango Tree

 

Above: Our massive backyard shade tree.

Well we’ve been in our new home now for almost 2 weeks now and we are really enjoying it. With the exception of just a few, non-essential items, we’ve pretty much set up our whole house and now we are slowly turning our attention to ministry.

One of the realities of life here in La Ceiba is that it is hot, pretty much all the time. And yet, one of the coolest places in town seems to be our back yard, right under the mango tree. The huge tree shades our entire (small) backyard all day, and also keeps half of the house cool.

Above is picture of the top of the tree, with lots of growing mangos. The one downfall to having this giant, fruit-bearing, shade tree in our back yard is the noise. The owner of the house warned us that it was noisy, but we couldn’t imagine why. Turns out a green mango free-falling 10 feet onto a tin roof can make quite a bang.

None of the falling mangos are ripe yet, but I’m sure well be posted about the yummy fruit when they are ready to eat!