Day 3:
We began the morning with an inspiring devotional and a challenging undertaking by our host missionary Mike. He read a passage to us (Luke 6:20-26) and asked us to apply it to the Hondurans we encounter. As we arrived to the work site, an authentic Honduran breakfast was ready for us! The Honduran women had begun preparing the food at 6 a.m.! At the beginning of the day, the walls were about three bricks high on each side. We moved what felt like 800 cinder blocks (25 lbs each!), painted the future rafters and became thoroughly acquainted with our Honduran brothers and sisters. We were impressed by a few of the Hondurans who spoke nearly perfect English. By the end of the day, the walls were each about fourteen blocks high! Not only that, but each team member definitely felt as though they had grown even closer to the Hondurans we have been working with. Some of us have grown especially close to the glowing children (they can be seen flocking behind their ¨favorite¨Americans) while others have worked and grown close to the women (helping them cook and clean and care for their children) and yet others have gained relationships with the men laying bricks, hauling cement and moving huge piles of dirt to make the floor of the future church. At lunch, Chris Nichols shared her heartfelt testimony. She said that she felt led by the Spirit to share. At the end of the day, as soon as we started cleaning up, it began to rain harder than it had since we landed in Honduras. Perfect timing!
We began the morning with an inspiring devotional and a challenging undertaking by our host missionary Mike. He read a passage to us (Luke 6:20-26) and asked us to apply it to the Hondurans we encounter. As we arrived to the work site, an authentic Honduran breakfast was ready for us! The Honduran women had begun preparing the food at 6 a.m.! At the beginning of the day, the walls were about three bricks high on each side. We moved what felt like 800 cinder blocks (25 lbs each!), painted the future rafters and became thoroughly acquainted with our Honduran brothers and sisters. We were impressed by a few of the Hondurans who spoke nearly perfect English. By the end of the day, the walls were each about fourteen blocks high! Not only that, but each team member definitely felt as though they had grown even closer to the Hondurans we have been working with. Some of us have grown especially close to the glowing children (they can be seen flocking behind their ¨favorite¨Americans) while others have worked and grown close to the women (helping them cook and clean and care for their children) and yet others have gained relationships with the men laying bricks, hauling cement and moving huge piles of dirt to make the floor of the future church. At lunch, Chris Nichols shared her heartfelt testimony. She said that she felt led by the Spirit to share. At the end of the day, as soon as we started cleaning up, it began to rain harder than it had since we landed in Honduras. Perfect timing!
After a thourough showering, we headed off to dinner at a local restaurant and had Honduran tacos (which were nothing like tacos in California. They looked and tasted like giant delicious taquitos!) and got to pray for, Pastor Tino, a regional Pastor who oversees 30 churches in Northern Honduras. He gave a short sermon about Mark chapter 2 and told us how with faith, unity and perseverance, we can accomplish great things. It was an awesome evening, but sadly, we had to say our goodbyes to Pastor Tino and his wife Lidia as they had other commitments at their home church to attend to. After another day of work, we all slept very well. (No more headaches! Thank you for the prayers!)
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