My experience of Honduras is almost over. I feel as though I’ve never even been to Honduras. The first week, I don’t even remember. The second week we worked all week, went to a concert and it all floated by without me even noticing it, and the third week I was sick all week and stayed home. We’re now in the last week and I don’t even know what happened to this month. All I know is the other day made the whole month worth it, because God showed up and showed off. Let me tell you about it.
This past Sunday, I woke up finally feeling decent and able to go to church. We went to church (which is most definitely not my cup of tea), and after, they lead us into the next room and presented us with an amazing lunch. In this time I was able to really pour love and conversation into one of the boys from our mission named Ariel. I spoke to him about how a man from the church prayed for him, told him that “God has a great destiny in his life�, and took the watch off his hand and gave it to Ariel. I asked him if he believes what the man told him and hesitantly, Ariel said yes. God blessed me in this time to be able to speak in Spanish to this young man.
After we got home from church, I went on a 2 ½ hour long walk with all of the boys from the mission that we’re “working on�, one other person from my squad, and a Canadian girl who is living at the mission for 3 months. One of the boys named Carlos was really angry about earlier occurrences that day. On our trail, there were many fields of cows, horses and bulls that we walked passed. Carlos was choosing to pick up many cow pies and throw them at us due to being angry. On the walk back, Carlos again threw a cow pie at us and my reaction made the others pretty upset. I ran up to Carlos (with cow poo on my shirt), kissed him, and put my arm around him. I asked him what was wrong and as the conversation grew on, he told me more and more of why he was upset and more about his current life.
Through this time he told me that the other boys beat him up and is mean to him, and the girls have their “boyfriends� out of the boys from the mission (read between the lines and he’s jealous that he’s not a favorite of the girls) so he doesn’t like the girls. After he poured his heart out, I was able to tell him “All you need is Jesus. If you have him, nothing else matters and he’ll be okay�. He replied by saying “I have Jesus in my heart, but they don’t have Jesus for me�. That sentence broke my heart whether it be true or not. After this I was able to encourage him by telling him; “You are so so so so so strong and smart and God loves you so much�. Carlos hugged and kissed me three times, (after each part of that sentence) and said thank you. Ever since then Carlos has told me “My love for you is mucho� every time he sees me.
God is so good and gave me an ability to speak legit Spanish and understand everything for one whole hour talking to this boy. There was only one sentence that he said that I couldn’t understand. God tought me a huge lesson through my own actions. This boy probably threw twenty cow pies at me, and I still kissed him and showed him love. If I can do that with all the cow pies that life throws me, God will be able to move so much more!
That night our squad leader made a scene that God had given him a vision for six months ago that involved us all being blind folded, going into the woods, having candle lit white bags on the ground, and amazing view and taking communion. In this time God freed me from so much and I became so much closer to him! That day was absolutely amazing and made me glad for the month. Prayer requests would be for health (it’s either one thing or another with me health wise), and unity and understanding within my team. Love you all!
