This blog is part of a series, so please read Part 1 first.
As I explained in Part 1 of this series, Central America has my heart. I love it there, and each visit is special for its own reasons. A few weeks ago I got to go down to Honduras and Nicaragua with my parents and their ministry, Walk Thru the Bible. The primary purpose of the trip was for my dad to teach his new series, Crucible, about the life and choices of David, at a church in Tegucigalpa and a pastors’ conference in Managua. My main purpose in going was to serve as the day to day translator for my parents.
We decided to arrive in Tegucigalpa a few days before the teaching started so that we could show my mom a little bit of Honduras. My dad has been there before, and I’ve been there a few times, but this was my mom’s first visit. Despite a champion sinus infection courtesy of our previous trip to India, I had a great time hanging out in a city I love and showing it to my mother.
Tegucigalpa is nestled inside of the Honduran hills, and it’s always a beautiful sight to get above the city.
My mom with Luisa, the wife of WTB’s Central American Regional Director, Alejandro Oviedo.
My parents became the attraction for a class field trip.
My parents with Luisa and her brother-in-law, Joaquin, at Cristo del Picacho.
The airstrip is just not very long…the second shortest commercial airstrip in the world actually. It makes for an adventure on every landing.
The catedral en Comayagua, home to the oldest working clock in the Americas.
My dad taught Crucible at a church in Tegucigalpa with the help of Leopoldo, probably the most gifted Spanish interpreter I’ve ever had the privilege of listening to and learning from.
My new friend Valeria after she gave me a sweet makeover. You can’t see the neon pink eyeshadow that I’m wearing, but she was very thorough.
My dad was a big hit at the pastors’ conference in Managua, Nicaragua.
There were more than 300 pastors from all over Nicaragua who came to hear Crucible.
A partnership that I’m sure will continue in the future.
In addition to translating, I also got to help Dave Ball, a contractor for Walk Thru who shoots great videos for them. Dave was very encouraging and helpful for me to spend time with as I have been formulating ideas about how I would love to use video and photography to tell stories in the future. I got to follow him around Tegucigalpa as he shot a video about WTB’s work in Honduras and translate interviews as he shot them at the Managua conference. The more time I can spend observing talented story tellers and their creative processes, the better, so that was one of my favorite parts of this trip. My parents and I also really loved spending time with Alejandro Oviedo and his beautiful family. One of the best things about having a president of an international ministry for a dad is that I have grown up knowing men and women from all over the world who are spending their lives reaching their people. When we get to visit them in their countries and go along for the ride with them, it’s the best.
Part 3 of this series, which is coming soon, will show you a peak into the trip my mom and I took to Guatemala a couple weeks ago to visit the friends we have and the beautiful children living at Casa Bernabe, an orphanage outside of Guatemala City that we’ve been involved with for the past couple years. It’s one of my favorite places in the world. Gracias for reading my blog and praying for our ministry!
