I was asked to give a testimony on Sunday night about our trip. I gave my testimony right after Eddie. I was doing fine until I started talking about the girls i the Home of Hope. Then it felt like I had a huge rock caught in my throat and I began to cry. I did my best not to but it was to no avail. This is what I had to say “When I heard about the mission trip to Honduras, I was very interested in going. Being on the mission field actually participating and not being just a spectator. My concern was the expense, how to comeup with such a large amount of money in such a short time.
Wes told me if I had the desire and felt God was calling me to go, That God would provide the money. Wes was right! Thanks to all who contributed.
I thought I was sacraficing so much to go on this trip. I had to use 6 days of my vacation and this is only January. We are peaking at work and I would be loosing out on alot of overtime.My mom is critically ill and something could happen to her and I wouldn`t be there.
But instead of sacraficing I gained so much! We went to an orphanage that is sponsered by the mission.The Homes of Hope. The children there were wonderful, so well behaved and mild mannered. There were 2 there that captured my heart ,Claudia and Dilcia. ( at least I thought her name was Dilcia.)
I had the interperter tell her she was a beautiful little girl and when she did tears started rolling down her cheeks. And then she hugged me and kissed my neck.
If you want to make a 4 year old girl cry because you told her she was beautiful, go to Honduras! We gave pillows out to the girls and they hugged them so tight and smiled from ear to ear,because they had a pillow to sleep on. If you want to see a child smile from ear to ear over a pillow, go to Honduras!
We went to a school and put on a VBS there.There were abnout 100 children present. There should have been more but it was havest time and some of the children were out picking coffee beans. After the VBS we fed the children. We were told that would be the only meal some of them would get that day. If you want to feed hungry children go to Honduras!
We went to a hospital and visited the childrens wing. There were 6 children to a room were in the states there would only be 1. We asked if we could lay hands on the children and pray for them. When we were done praying you could see mothers crying because someone cared enough to pray for their child. If you want to see mothers cry when you pray for their children, go to Honduras!
We did some door to door evangelism, and everywhere we went people welcomed us and listened to the gospel. We were at one womans house, where we shared the gospel with her 2 teenage daughters and they brecieved Christ as their Savior. As they were saying the sinners prayer the mother was crying saying thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus. If you want to see mothers cry and thank Jesus that her children are being saved, go to Honduras!
We did a clothing ministry, where we gave out used clothes and shoes. People were given a ticket and allowed to get 3 items. There was one man who wanted a used pair of dress shoes and asked if he could have them.When they said yes he litterally started jumping up and down for jot. He went to a ledge and tried them on and when they fit ,again he started jumping up and down. If you want to see aman jump up and down for joy over a used pair of shoes, go to Honduras.
We went to several church services, where everyone smiled shook our hands and welcomed us.They treated us like royalty. If you want to be treated like royalty, go to Honduras.
We would stand and sing for a half hour. The whole congragation would wave there hands in the air praising Jesus. If you want to be apart of a congragation that praise Jesus with their whole heart, go to Honduras. go to Honduras, GO!
