It has been a few weeks since we were in country and honestly it is a little surreal to be back in the swing of the normal grind of work. I know Amy and Isaiah are ready to go back now and I am not sure if I don’t agree with them.
It is cool to see the change in the lives of the people on the team. Of course this is the main point of a short term mission trip. It is my prayer that they all will have found a new passion for serving the ministry of Christ. Lord willing, Amy is meeting with the ladies of the group and I will also try to meet with the men of the group in order to just see where each of them are spiritually after the trip. I have found that any time you go on one of these trips and God allows you to witness a great harvest there is such a high that accompanies it that when you come home it is almost a little depressing. I love the passion of the people of Honduras as they worship God and I also envy that passion for our people here, but for now I crave to maintain that passion in our own lives.
Rich
Today was another amazing day. This morning I went out with Rich and Isiah door to door. We had 3 salvations but we were able to encourage a few fellow believers. I’ve been nervous all week when we were going door to door but each time God has been with me and I have overcome my fears. This afternoon we did a youth rally we had a large group of kids that we were not only able to play games with and sing songs with but we were able to share the Gospel and show Gods love to each of them. the memories that Adam and I have of Honduras will never be lost yet we do not want to leave. I love my family and I love my job but I also love this place. It would not take much for me to move here. (sorry mom). the people here are very welcoming and loving. It makes you realize that in the states we get so caught up in our daily lives that we forget what our true focus is. we forget that God is the reason that we are here and we should do everything to glorify God. I will truely miss all of the people that we have meet. we have had four translators that we have not only shared the gospel with but we have also shared our lives with each other. I glad to be comming home but I am very sad to be leaving.
Today I Shared my testimony. This whole week I’ve known it was coming, but I never thought to prepare for it intill it was an hour and a half away and I didn’t have anything ready. I made a check list on what I was going to say.
This week has been so amazing. Its been humbling and life changing. Not only has it been so awesome to get to know the people of Honduras, but I have enjoyed getting to know our team more as well. I have so many stories. So many experiences that I will never forget. I’m sure you all have heard many from past blogs from everyone. I can’t say enough how thankful I am for this week. God is amazing. He has worked in ways I don’t think any of us could have ever imagined.
Well it is Friday, and as much as I was looking forward to not preaching tonight and to see what God was going to do through Wes, Adam, and Eric, I am sad that I did not have another opportunity to give one more message to the people of Comayagua. Amy said that she wishes we could stay another week. Who knows what the future holds, but for now we are wrapping up the trip. I will soon be placing all of the pictures and video on the website, but that will have to wait until we get back home.
staff of interpreters. I pray that as our team returns home tomorrow that we will remember that at home we won’t need interpreters in order to share the gospel, only the courage to do so.
My team mate today was Amy. I was told by Rich that if I wanted a soft drink in a bag, today was my last chance. As we were “finished” evangelizing, we stopped at the store. One of the interpreters began to talk to the lady customer. She invited us next door. She has a lot of problems; one being depression. Well, I certainly can relate. So I presented the gospel to her and encouraged her about the depression. She accepted Christ. Isn’t God good!