We arrived home at 2:15 am Sunday morning and everything went very well on our mission trip. It started off that we had to fly into a different airport because they shut down the capital airport for a month. So, we flew into another airport. We rode 13 hrs on a school bus to get to our destination. God had provided the monsoons that day so it was much cooler than normal and we were blessed with mild weather and rain the whole time. We went into 4 different villages of the region we were in, San Marcos de Colon, Honduras. This mission, Good Samaritan Baptist Mission, is so well organized. The missionaries who began this mission 40 yrs ago, has set up something really special for the Hondurans in the surrounding communities. They have set up many feeding kitchens, a seminary school, elementary, middle and high school for sponsored children, such as our little Juan Francisco Godoy, 7 y0. We served them with a medical clinic, food bags, dental hygiene, eye glasses, clothes, shoes, candy for kids, and most important we shared the Word of God! Jason was out one day handing out food bags to homes in the village area and they came across an older gentlemen and his two sons working on a side of the mountain planting pineapples. The older gentlemen came down to them and asked for help with his leg and foot. He had cut himself one-two weeks before with his machete and it was now full of gangreen. Right there, Mario, our guide and a mission pastor, gave him the gospel and told him that the he needed Christ right now because he may not make it and die from this. Jason said he feel to his knees and cried right there beside that fence post and accepted Christ as his savior! Jason said that he has never seen something so special. WOW! The children were sweet and so cute. You would never have known that most of the people lived in one room huts made of sticks, mud, spare lumber and lucky if they had tin roofs. They had no beds, and the floors were dirt. For me, I felt so blessed to be able to help them in any way that we could. Jason and I feel like this would be a great place to show these people how to take care of themselves and teach them trades and how to use the land that they have been blessed with. That would be another mission.
We had the chance to meet Juan the last day before we left. The day that we were suppose to meet with him, He had been admitted to the hospital for a tonsilectomy. So we did not get to see him until on our way back to the airport when we stopped in Tegusolpa for the night. He was just released to go home. He is adorable and sweet. Pictures posted below!! We gave him a soccer ball, his favorite sport, a glove and balls. Most important we gave him a spanish/english bible. His family does go to church and loves Jesus. They did not own a bible, but now they are happy to have one. They were excited to meet us just as much as we were excited to meet them.
We also spent time in the mornings and evenings in devotion and got to go to several church services in the local churches. The schools put on performances for us as well. They are taught the Word of God in the Good Samaritan Baptist school and they sang for us like no others. They sand loud and looked to God when they sang their hearts out! Amazing. We had interpreters that went out with us to the villages. They were high school students who were spanish/english translators, learning. They were so nice to get to know. jason and I had two that we really enjoyed getting to know, who were Rebecca and Nellie. I had two books, The Passion of Christ, that I wrote a personal note to them and had another missionary give to them when we left. I wanted them to know how special they were! I could talk for hours about everything. The countyside was beautiful and it was great to share with the honduran people our Lord Jesus Christ.
We had the chance to meet Juan the last day before we left. The day that we were suppose to meet with him, He had been admitted to the hospital for a tonsilectomy. So we did not get to see him until on our way back to the airport when we stopped in Tegusolpa for the night. He was just released to go home. He is adorable and sweet. Pictures posted below!! We gave him a soccer ball, his favorite sport, a glove and balls. Most important we gave him a spanish/english bible. His family does go to church and loves Jesus. They did not own a bible, but now they are happy to have one. They were excited to meet us just as much as we were excited to meet them.
We also spent time in the mornings and evenings in devotion and got to go to several church services in the local churches. The schools put on performances for us as well. They are taught the Word of God in the Good Samaritan Baptist school and they sang for us like no others. They sand loud and looked to God when they sang their hearts out! Amazing. We had interpreters that went out with us to the villages. They were high school students who were spanish/english translators, learning. They were so nice to get to know. jason and I had two that we really enjoyed getting to know, who were Rebecca and Nellie. I had two books, The Passion of Christ, that I wrote a personal note to them and had another missionary give to them when we left. I wanted them to know how special they were! I could talk for hours about everything. The countyside was beautiful and it was great to share with the honduran people our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ignore the dates on pictures. i forgot to set the date!
