We are in Honduras! It’s amazing here. I love it soooo much! We are surrounded by a huge acreage with horses, puppies, nature, trees, mountains, and fresh air!! After a few days of deliberation about what we wanted to accomplish this month we decided to invite a group of young boys struggling with gangs, violence and huffing thinner to stay with us. These boys are viewed as worthless in their community, and the town they live in (Los Pinos) is viewed as a hopeless society full of useless people.
It’s hard for these boys to believe that they can be more than street kids, it’s all they’ve heard their whole life. It’s easy for us to see the potential in them, what’s hard is having the believe it. But we’ve come up with some fun activities and projects for them to do around the place that we are staying it. Because it is so large, it needs a lot of work. Some of the parents were reluctant to have their children come, but when confronted with the situation of what’s better, the streets or ‘the farm’ the obvious choice won and six boys came to stay with us. We had a family come stay with us over the weekend young people are always in and out of the complex.
These kids literally have nothing, they don’t have food or water at home and have obvious reasons turn to drugs.
We are building strong relationships and having a great time. The sweet little moments are worth all the struggles. I’ve fallen in love with three girls down the road J I love the hugs, the kisses and the times they fall asleep on me.
I love being a comforter, I love showing them love and affection. I cannot think of a better way to spend the day!
We’ll be doing service projects like painting and gardening while working alongside the youth. Big things are happening in the city of Los Pinos and will continue long after we leave! The Lord is staking territory over there!
