When people find out that I go on mission trips, they always have that look. That look where they are searching my face and studying me to try to figure out why someone would go on a mission trip. The look I see makes me think that they think I'm some pious, saintly person. That's far from the truth. Mission trips, although they are far from being a vacation, are truly, wonderfully spiritually life-changing experiences.
As you can see from that past sentence......it's hard to put it into words.
Why Honduras? Instead of writing a bunch of facts, I'm going to try to capture some of the special memories I've had on my last four trips to Honduras. I'll try my best to bring these experiences to life, so that you can understand why I am blessed to go to Honduras!!!
Honduran memories:
1. Visiting Hospital Escuela (The public hospital)
2. Devotionals at the "Jesus statue" overlooking the city.
3. Having VBS extravaganzas for the village children
5. Painting churches, building churches, putting in concrete floors in churches
6. Having to leave early because of a "military coup"
7. Building houses
8. Staying at the Mission House
9. Having church sitting on the new concrete floor that our group installed the day before
10. Washing dishes in the kitchen in Mololoa with the Manna Project
11. Visiting special needs orphanages
12. Enjoying delicious simple meals at the Mission House
13. Planting trees at Mission Lazarus
14. Singing in the oldest church in the western hemisphere
15. Dividing up food for distribution
16. Trying to speak Spanish to all of the children
17. Going to Mission Lazarus
18. Having princess day in Mololoa
19. Clothing distributions
20. VBS in a school
21. Making lifetime friends that I get to see for a few days every summer
22. Medical clinics
23. Taking sandwiches to people in the dump
24. Daily morning & evening devotionals
Last, but not least (I could go on....)
25. Riding in the crazy traffic on a very old school bus
Summer Vacation Update: Simply.................I'm lovin' it!!! My days have been filled with trips to the Y, reading, running errands, making jewelry, working on my on-line class, and light housework. I think I could make this a full time job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is hotter than Hades out there, so...................Here's to some cooler temps!!!!!!
(I chose this picture, so you could imagine wading in this stream, the humidity is low and the temperature is 80 degrees!!)
13 days & counting!!!!
xoxoPJ
Here are some books that I have read or are currently reading. I really am enjoying getting to read this summer!!! :)
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