Monday: Encouragement through the Word

The first official workday of the weeks in Honduras seem to always be a mix of excitement to actually begin serving and the opportunity to reunite with my Honduran “family” along with fatigue in getting our bodies used to the sun of Central America and playing soccer with the workers after lunch.

The morning devotional with the staff and other teams here from Dallas and Wisconsin was encouraging. I love to watch the Hondurans passionately sing worship music that is uniquely Honduran, not an American Christian song merely translated into Spanish. Douglas challenged us from the book of John to share this great news of the gospel with the world.

The tour of the site was longer than previous trips partially because of the size of two groups and the additional parts of La Providecia which include the fields of coffee, the new talapia tanks, and the new home that was just completed. To finally see the third home finished and meet the family was a blessing.

The new talapia farm under construction.

At the foot of the cross.

Twenty six children attended art camp. After introductions, we divided the children by grade with two or three of us at each table. The first project was officially called “zentangles” but it was just creative doodling to me. Some quickly jumped at the idea. Others, like Kenneth were less than enthusiastic about it. Next was portraits. I taught the older children how to draw a face using basic shapes. (We used a blown up photo of Katharine as our “model”.) Some seemed bored while others, like Kenneth, followed each step carefully and we're excited to show their parents their masterpiece.

The of the girls display their portrait of Katharine

The medical team was able to exam 28 children.

Dinner on Douglas' front lawn during a pleasant sunset was a relaxing and enjoyable way to finish the day.

Oh, I forgot to mention that I the 30 or 40 minutes we spent digging was pretty exhausting. What happened to m. I used to be able to make it through an entire day of manual labor.