- Digging out a hole for a septic tank because a group that came a week later started constructing bathrooms for a very very poor community that has never had a bathroom, they just go in the woods!
- Ministering/Serving at an elderly home. This is also a very poor place, which takes in elderly people whose families have basically abandoned them. They were able to do some MUCH needed cleaning around the facilities and handed out stuffed animals to the elderly which they loved! This included scooping up trash which had just built up, not a fun job at all!
- Visited Destino del Reino and worked with several different grades working on english pronunciation, shared their testimonies, got WHIPPED at bible verse look-up game against 4th graders, and were able to hear the story of the school and how God is at work there raising up these poor children to know/love/and share God's love with their families.
- Visted MY school and came to my Conversation classes, helped with 1st grade classes, my PE classes and were able to see/hear our school's mission!
- They were able to take 4 bags of rice, beans, sugar, and salt to 4 different families which will feed them for about 3 weeks!!! That was about $25 dollars worth, amazing. But they got to actually deliver it to the people and give it them, what a blessing to be able to see exactly where your money went and how/who it is helping. I am praying about trying to help these families more during my time here.
- They also got to visit: Comayagua, use to be the capital city of Honduras. Pulaphanzach, amazing waterfall where they got to do ziplining and walked behind the waterfall. High Ropes course and team building overlooking Siguatepeque!
It was a great week and I think we saw a lot of growth in the 6 kids that attended the trip. A couple of them had never been out of the country or on a mission trip, so it was very very eye opening for them. I just hope they allow this experience to change them, and change their foundation on how they see the world and their world. It really does take a conscious change in your attitude and your thoughts - like this verse....
“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” (Romans 12:2)
I don't think the Lord is saying, I will transform your mind FOR you and make it easier for you to not to fall into the traps of this world, I think he is saying, CHOOSE to be transformed and do it yourself and make an effort to follow me and choose what is good. You constantly have to remind yourself to be thankful for what you have, because there are so many people in this world that would kill for a bag of rice, beans, and salt. Just because it isn't in our direct sight, doesn't mean it shouldn't be in our minds, transforming us and the way we see our world. I was so blessed and thankful to be a part of the group that came down and just share his LOVE with some people of Siguatepeque. I want to give a big shout out and thank you to the awesome amazing students and leaders that came all the way here, gave their time, money, efforts to help just a few people and share the love of Christ with them. This def. was not one of those - go to a children's home and kiss babies and make crafts, which those trips are amazing, don't get me wrong. But these kids had to WORK, I mean they did the things that nobody else wanted to do - scoop trash and chicken poop, shoveled sand, moved over 100 bricks, used pick axes to dig through rock so a family can have a bathroom, clean an elderly home, and more! So Debbie Barnes, Lauren Sharon, Kristen, Haley, Madison, Joey, John, and Sweeeeze - THANK YOU!!! Remember Honduras and keep these people in your prayers!!
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