Honduras Summer 2011 Day 8

Honduras Summer 2011 Day 8

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Our 8th day here, Friday, was spent primarily in our adopted village of Gaujire. There we built another house, passed out much needed food and clothes. One of the ladies of the church enthusiastically thanked God when she received the food bag, saying, “Thank God, I did not know where we were going to get food today.” She is the lady with the three handicapped children.

This same woman, Maria, has two other daughters who are younger and are both fine. They cannot afford to go the school, which is a typical Honduran problem. The main obstacles are school uniforms, shoes, and supplies. Our ladies, the day before, went shopping and bought all the needed clothes and supplies. Maria and her daughters were so excited and thankful to receive these items.

We had two super-neat things happen yesterday. First, the little church at Santa Anna, where the majority of our group worshiped last Sunday, presented each of our group members with a small piece of pottery on which they had written a note of thanks. Some of the their members came over yesterday morning to present these. Each of them spoke heartfelt words of gratitude.

The second really neat thing that happened yesterday was a baptism in Gaujire. Maria’s sister was baptized, re-enacting the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. It was really wonderful to watch. The whole church family and others from the village gathered around to watch. A man who had lapsed from his participation in the church community asked to be restored. He was. These things reminded us of God’s grace, who we are, and why we are here.

We left some of our folks in Gaujire passing out food and clothes while the rest of us revisited the houses we built a couple of days ago. We took them some mattresses that we sent on our container, as well as some food and household supplies. The 75 year old lady, Anna, was so grateful. We took her quite a lot of food. She had none the day we built her house.

Each evening after supper we gather to sing some, talk about the day, remind ourselves of why we are here (read Matthew 25:31ff), and pray together. Our team has had remarkable unity. It has been a great trip!

On day 9 we will revisit the farm. Some of us will make a trip to visit a house we built last summer. We appreciate your continued prayers!