We have now been in Honduras for a week and I know I’ve said it before but I’m really falling in love with this place. The travel day was by far one of the longest days of my life but as I went to bed at almost 5am Saturday morning I felt such overwhelming peace and joy. Over the 24 hours it took us to make an 8 hour trip, my squad did an amazing job problem solving, praying fervently, and being beacons of light amidst a storm of crazy travel circumstances.
My team is paired with another team this month, Team Power, and a third team will be joining us later this month to do ministry until we leave for Guatemala. Our ministry is something straight out of my dreams and was an unexpected answer to so many prayers. This month we will get to do a lot of different things and each day looks a little different than the one before it. The compound is located in the village of Talanga and the ministry is called Heart of Christ. When I read our set up sheet I won’t lie, I thought I wasn’t going to like it very much. But as soon as the leader, Gracie, gave us the 411 I knew I was right where God wanted me to be.
Gracie fills so many different needs with her ministry. Heart of Christ is a victim’s refuge for women and children fleeing abuse, rape, assault, etc. and pairs as a children’s home. Currently there are 13 children living here and each day I find myself falling deeper and deeper in love with them and my newfound home. The facilities are also under construction so on some days we get to help Allan and Juan build the new children’s home in the back. Even in the short week we’ve been here we’ve seen so much progress in the site, I’m excited to see what’s left to be done by the time we leave. The biggest project Heart of Christ has going on during December is their gift drops. Gracie and a small team go to different churches where they hold events for children in the area. At these events the kids get to hear the Word of God, eat cake and drink coke (it is Jesus’s birthday, after all), and receive a gift. When we’re not doing gift drops we’re preparing the gifts for the drops.
We have full days but man are they fulfilling. Coming in to this month I didn’t know what to expect and my heart was hurting. Last month was hard and there were a lot of things that changed in a short amount of time for me. Christmas is always hard and being away makes that even more difficult. But God has something different for me this month, I can feel it. There’s restoration, growth, and change coming in ways I don’t think I’ve ever experienced before. Normally, this would make me terrified but for once I can’t wait.
God’s moving, friends. I say bring it on.
Love always,
KM
