This was the fastest slowest month I’ve ever experience. We are on our way to our ministry site in Nicaragua tomorrow after a few days of processing our past three weeks on the field. I wanted to fill you guys in on what we have been up to so far.
We walked into the month knowing we would be there to serve in children’s ministry, but as you’ve seen in my previous blog we got so much more. We arrived the first week to find out we had most of the week off. We struggled to figure out what the Lord wanted us to get out of that experience. I spoke about the intimacy we chased with the Lord this month, but sitting at debrief we are learning so much more. We had missed opportunities for sure and we’ve talked about things we can improve on next month to bless our host the best we can. Processing and feedback are probably the best, newest concepts I’ve learned thus far on the race, but that’s another blog for another time.
I wanted to take this time to talk about the impact we did make this month and the people we had the privilege to come in contact with. My team and I have been serving in a city called Zolona along side Pastor Gregorio and his family. We had the opportunity to work with His Hands for Honduras and Compassion International.
While both of these organizations are different our role was pretty similar. We loved on the children, sang songs, and then they received a meal. We also had the opportunity to work with the elders in the His Hands for Honduras program. We colored, ate, and worshiped together at an event they have once a month. What a beautiful experience it was to have so many generations coming together to worship the same God. We had church 5/7 days each week and this ministry I struggled with the most. Pastor asked us to sing every night and when I tell you we were tone deaf I mean it. We don’t have much musical talent on our team and I love doing things to the best of our ability when serving. Pastor would sit on the front row like a proud dad. I had to learn that it was for the Lord and for Pastor not to sound good or care what others thought. So looking back I am so glad we were able to bless Pastor despite the quality of our singing! Along with all of the singing and playing we did with the children, we got together to decorate the school before we left. Because the school is basically outside the previous decorations were falling off or ruined. We covered every area of their display boards with educational and biblical decor.
This month was such a blessing to us and I hope that we were able to be a small blessing for our host. They loved on us so unconditionally and showed us exactly what it looks like to serve one another. We don’t deserve this amazing family.
Until next time, te amo Honduras!
