Renewed from a good night´s sleep the team awoke this morning ready to continue the great work we began the day before. Our morning devotional, lead by Tom, was all about understanding what ministry is all about. Tom asked us to think about what we want to get out of this trip and to think about how we can move outside ourselves, touching others in unique ways. Our time ended with Ephesians 4:11-16 which is what sent us on our way to breakfast.
After breakfast, the Medical Team, along with their two translators and three other nurses, began their journey to the mountains to another small village called Ni Duerme. When they arrived at the local school, it became obvious that the messenger never told the village that the doctors would be there today. So, our team asked the teachers to inform the students that the doctors/nurses were there. The students left as quickly as possible and returned with their families. The team saw over 160 familes today at the school, helping with all sorts of medical issues. Much of their work involved dealing with abdominal pains caused from parasites. Again their work was done in make shift examining rooms in the local school. On their way back to La Ceiba, they saw a car accident which they were able to assist with and make sure all involved were okay. Also, on their way, one of the nurses needed to stop and return some equipment and when she return to the van she had a live chicken in a bag to take home. Needless to say, today was again an eye-opening for the team.
After breakfast, the Education and Construction teams made their way to El Pino. The group dropped Barry and David off at the El Pino compound where they began their work on one of the rooms in the little school area in the back of the compound. Their task is to build a wall inside a large area to create two office spaces. This is the area in El Pino where our "Feed the Children" program is housed. Lisa was also able to take pictures of some of the children who have been adopted through this program. The rest of the Construction team and the Education team left and headed over to Nuevo de Julio. The Construction team worked hard throughout the day in the heat and sun continuing to build the wall brick by brick. In addition, they also mixed concrete by hand and assisted our Honduran workers in filling the pilars/poles found along the wall. While this work is hard and all done by hand, our team was able to work and help move the project forward.
Once in Nuevo de Julio, the Education team took over the school. This team taught ten classes of students ranging from 1st to 9th grades. Today´s story was "Jesus heals the Paralytic". In a rotation format, students went to several different stations...Tom (arts/crafts), Mary (English and with Emilio´s the Bible lesson), Beth and Jon (music) and Kelly, Lisa, Larry, and Harvey (recreation). It was a great and challenging experience doing 20 to 30 minute rotations; however, it was done with gusto. Like the other two teams, today we were reminded how hot it is in Honduras either outside playing games or in the classrooms with limited fans and open windows. Two of the greatest moments for me came today when I got of the van and had children gathered around hugging me and not really wanting to let go, and then to have the same experience as we were attempting to leave. In addition, Kelly began to also minister to the dogs in the area by purchasing food and feeding the animals throughout the day.
Upon our return to El Pino, the group had some down time to catch up on the day´s events before dinner. Tonight, we went as a group to a restaurant called La Plancha. It was such a great meal and a wonderful way to end this very busy and exhausting day. During dinner, Shirley H. distributed our letters from the Prayer Partners. If you are reading this and are a prayer partner...thank you! The letters and reminder of your constant prayers for us were very uplifting for everyone in the group. Before returning home, we stopped by a local gift shop to browse the Honduran wares.
Making connections with the Honduran people...that was our devotional challenge today. I believe that many of us, I for sure, have begun to develop connections with people in Honduras which will never be forgotten for they are teaching me a lot more than I could ever teach them.
Till next time, trusting in the Lord and living with out fear in Honduras......
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