We are back on US soil after a week long mission trip to Honduras! We've had to hit the ground running .. we are getting ready for a yard sale tomorrow and we have lots to do before we leave next week for Annual Conference and vacation. The hubby has had a bit of a rough day .. his weedeater broke and he sold his Jeep (which is of course bittersweet).
However, I have lots of pictures and meaningful moments from Honduras to share with you!
We left early last Thursday morning with Nacaome Valle, Honduras as our destination. We traveled with an organization called Missions in Action. Our group was made up of mostly church members from our own church and a few more fantastic people from 2 other churches. This was our second trip to Honduras.
We were met at the airport by our hosts, The Rubio family. They have been working with Missions in Actions for many years and serve many different roles. They provided all our delicious food for the week!
Honduras is a mountainous, beautiful country. But the area we were in is hot. The heat was intense.
After lunch at a local restaurant, we arrived at our hotel and immediately went to visit David and his family, which is the family the team built a house for last year.
Friday morning we set out for a little village a few miles away. Our project for the week was to begin building a house for the family of a little boy that the team had encountered last year, Jose.
The family: Francisco, Elsa, Estephanie, and Jose.
Jose has some disabilities, I don't know a specific diagnosis, but he doesn't speak or walk. The team last year left money that was used to buy the family beds, Jose a wheelchair and to help him to receive some much needed medical care. According to those that saw him last year, he was very unresponsive. There was a remarkable difference that we could already see when we first arrived!
Ya'll, I've seen poverty before, I've been to several 3rd world countries, but many families in this village live in stick houses. Stick houses. With cardboard and sheets for protection from the outside. One room, dirt floors, no bathroom, no running water, no latrine, no refrigerator, just a small fire to cook with. The "yard" was literally their bathroom.
It breaks your heart.
Our group started construction the family's new house from the foundation up. A majority of the week was spent digging and pouring the foundation, which was of course all done by hand. The new house is 6x6 meters and construction looks a little different then in the States! On the last day we were finally able to begin to lay block. It was exciting to see it to start to look like an actual house!
Our group sold "block dedications" as a way to raise money for the trip. Those special notes and the word "Jesus" were placed in the foundation and prayed over when it was time to begin pour concrete and rocks. It was one of my favorite moments from the trip.
Check out lots of photos from the construction phase:
And that is where I will leave you today .. check back soon to see what other ministry we were involved in during the week!
No comments:
Post a Comment