Part of me thought it was going to be easy to leave
Honduras. I loved it, but I was
ready to get out of the monotonous routine and get somewhere where I could
stretch my legs.
Truth was the last few days
really made the month and made it hard to leave!
Thinking back on Los Pinos and the kids at Tony’s house, I
can truly say I left a piece of myself there. Which is to realize that a piece of me will be left in every
place I visit.
In the last week in Honduras, I was able to hang out in
Sector F and hear and see Tony’s heart for the place. I got egged on my birthday, we are talking 7 kids chasing me
with a raw egg in both hands right after I had showered, packed all my clothes
and was ready to relax (Honduras tradition). We prayed over each kid and you could feel the presence of
God just restoring and healing stories of brokenness and oppression.
Here is how I want to end November 2011; it may be in the
past but it is yet to be history.
God has really placed the idea of Kingdom Changers on my heart. We are in a place for only a short
period of time, but these places are life for people there is no packing up and
moving on. One of those people is
Ariel. Ariel is the man! He is 16 years old and one of the Los
Pinos kids we worked with and the guy has a heart of solid gold.
The team decided with our left over money for the month that
we were going to sponsor him for a month of school. He is still in high school and they want to send him to a
private Christian school. He still
has four years of school and it is not cheap. It is a $120 pledge per month, which would cover schooling
and unexpected costs.
The other thing Tony has talked about is building a house
for Ariel’s mom, Ariel, his brother Ronnie and his two sisters on the property
they have. This would pull the
family out of Los Pinos. The mom
would be a caretaker and get to work with future World Race teams. I cannot even begin to explain to you
the impact this family would have given this opportunity. I know it is going to happen, but you
have to believe me it gives me chills to think of what this family will do in
the future.
I know I am flying through this, but it makes me so jacked
up to think that $3000 would give this family a new perspective on life and
allow them to change Honduras.
They have no running water or electricity in Los Pinos and the area is
ridden with drugs, gangs and darkness.
According to Ariel at night the kids who are high on paint thinner go to
the streets and start firing off their guns. The $3000 dollars would build a house for Ariel’s family
that would have electricity and running water. Other donations would send him to school working with
computers and software. His
brother Ronnie wants to be a pastor.
This is what I would like for Christmas.. Take time this
holiday to give to something that is going to change a country. Help send Ariel to school or help build
them a house! You can email Tony
at [email protected]
or check out this blog by an alumni world racer, http://hopeinhonduras.blogspot.com/2011/11/opportunity-for-private-education.html, who
is moving back to Honduras permanently to work with Tony and the kids. At the blog you can support one of the
kids, Ariel or another for schooling.
You would also become a part of their lives. The kids have facebook and Tony is
intentional about making sure that you would have a relationship with them if
you sponsor them.
Make a difference!
Don’t miss the opportunity!
