As I leave Honduras, my heart is full of the lives and the stories of the boys here at Zion's gate.
I know them each by name. I have gone to Los Pinos, the dangerous neighborhood and the past they come from, and have met their families and seen their community. I have climbed up rocky mountains to go their families homes and watched as God used my team to pray for and see healing, to speak prophetic words of life, anoint houses and the sick with oil, and leave the homes with blessings we had written beforehand. We even had an angel watching over us and praying with us and for us in the form of a 6 year old little boy named Angel. He came out of nowhere and trekked with us to each house.. yeah, God has his hand on this place…and us.
I have sat with with these boys and listened as they shared their heart for God, and also shared their stories of heartbreaking hopelessness and addiction that somehow got them to this place of hope.
I have also witnessed the spiritual battle for their lives.
One of my new friends, Herman, is one of the boys who I have watched go full circle in only a months time.
He sat in a place torn between wanting to be a light in Los Pinos, and being unable to avoid falling back into his former life there. He was tormented with the fact that he had "no plan" for his life. He was stuck.
And he couldn't understand how God could love him even in the midst of his mistakes.
During his time away from the property, trying to make sense of everything, I was able to see and talk and pray with him several times.
Four days later, he came back to the property, came back to the house of his Heaveny Father, and humbled himself before 70 something people. He told me later he had thought about everything I told him, and that my words had hit his heart.
God always calls his prodigal children back home… and He is waiting with open arms.
Leaving yesterday was a million times harder than I ever realized it would be. There were tears, and also joy for the time I spent there. I love these boys and over the course of this month, I felt and realized the crazy insane amount of love the Father has for each of them as well.
Today I am in Antigua, Guatemala, and will be leaving with my team and team Isha to go to our ministry for the month- Joy Filled Homes Int, a special needs orphanage in a town about 30 minutes away!
Pray for us as we transition into this new month and this new season!
Sorry for this scattered, crazy blog. Just wanted to quickly let you guys know how our time in Honduras ended and let you know we are on our way to our next destination!
Love and Blessings,
Courtney
