July 3rd
Before I begin, I want to apologize for not posting last
night. I arrived yesterday and had a
difficult finding my computer cords so I wasn’t able to give you all a
post. The great thing about last night
was the baptism of one of our team members.
His name is Luke and it is a complete God thing he even came on this
trip. Luke was born in Honduras and
adopted by U.S. citizens. He really
wanted to come and see where he was born and learn about the culture so he
googled ‘mission trips to Honduras’, and TORCH was the third one down. He contacted Mark Connell, who hooked him up
with this particular trip due to the time he was available to come. When he arrived he began studying with Jeremy
Myers and was baptized last night. We
now have a new brother in Christ, and it is all due to God’s work!!
Today started, like all days in Honduras, with
breakfast. We had toast and fruit before
beginning the day. After breakfast we
met in the chapel for morning Devo.
Jeremy Myers led us in our thoughts this morning, encouraging us to let
God be our builder and see the wonders He can do. He told the story of him building tents in
his house for his little girls and how, at times, he tells them to build one. After they build one, he sees that they need
assistance so, of course, he is going to help them just like our Father helps
us when we are needing assistance. It
was a great encouragement and I am thankful for being a part of worship because
of it.
When devo was over we divided into seven groups (3 house building
teams, 1 VBS team, 1 team to work in the day care, 1 to work in the kitchen,
and 1 to assist with leveling the land in Mololoa to prepare for a
garden). The VBS team stayed at the
mission house to prepare for VBS in Nuevo Oriental. After we prepared we loaded the bus to go to
the bodega to pick up VBS supplies and supplies for a new Special Needs
Orphanage we have started going to. Once
we had the supplies we loaded the bus and visited the Special Needs Orphanage. I must say it has been one of the best
experiences I have had in Honduras. It
is a really neat place. Part of the
children’s therapy is to plant a garden.
I have some pictures I will post ASAP.
I was able to hold one of the younger children for a while which I
enjoyed greatly. He was so loving and
sweet. Some of the others passed
balloons and blew bubbles as well. It
was a great experience and opportunity to love on some very wonderful children. After about an hour and a half we left to go
do VBS. It was a very interesting experience,
because we did not contact anyone to inform them we were coming. We ended up having about 40-50 children
participate. We told/acted out the life
of Jesus and sang songs. We also did
crafts with the children and provided them with a snack. It was so much fun sharing Jesus with the
children and playing with them.
Savannah Buchanan was one of the participants on one of the
house builds in Mololoa. When they
arrived the team had to carry the tools up the mountain to the build site,
luckily the wood was at the site so it made it a little easier. Another plus,
was the land was flat so the team immediately began digging postholes!! Once
the team began building many of the women and children in the community
assisted the team in the build. One thing Savannah said she took from the build
was the community involvement to help their neighbor. I think Savannah was able to see a different
side to what being blessed truly is!
Nathan Sullivan was on another one of the sites that was
considered “a hard site” The team had to carry their tools to the site as well
as the wood. Believe me when I say this
is no easy task!! Luckily some of the
locals assisted with taking the wood to the site. Nathan said the build gave him a new
perspective. He said seeing the joy of a
family of four living in a house 16x16 made him realize what is truly
important.
Sadly, I cannot find anyone who was on the other build site,
but from talking to others it was an easy site.
I am pretty confident in saying those who were involved in the 3rd
build were also blessed by the experience.
Taylor Ford was on the team that assisted Tyler Gist in
preparing the land for a garden. The
team went to the day care to assist Tyler in expanding the play area as well as
prepare the land for a garden. The team
worked to level the land and remove boulders to make gardening easier. One of
the things Taylor took from the experience is realizing the locals would have
been paid 200 Limps (which equals $10 US money) for a day of work.
One of the groups, of about 4, worked in the feeding
center. They assisted the ladies in
preparing the food and feeding the children in Mololoa. The last team worked in the daycare singing,
playing, and feeding the young children of Mololoa.
The plan tonight was to go to the Jesus Statue for devo once
everyone returned and ate dinner.
However, weather did not cooperate with us at all. So after dinner, which was incredibly
AMAZING, we went to the chapel for devo.
I wish so badly I could have gotten the live stream to work, but Internet
did not cooperate for me! Anyway, Mark
Connell led us in our thoughts in devo.
His lesson put a new meaning to the word “blessed”. He made us think about what it truly meant to
be blessed. I encourage everyone to read
Matt. 5 and consider what it means to be blessed!!
After devo was over the team was given instruction for
tomorrow. Sadly, group 1 will be leaving
in the morning. I do realize the family
members of those in-group 1 are excited about them returning, but I’m selfish
and I want them to stay (just being honest). But seriously, group one will be
missed so very much, but I know they will be taking a piece of Honduras back
with them.
I thank you all for your prayers and hope that you will all
continue to pray for us. I will continue
to try and post on the live stream. It
will be on at 8:30 Central time. I hope
you all will tune in, if it works. Love
you all, until tomorrow Peace and Blessings!!
Brandy B
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