In my first post, (seen here) I shared about our arrival and project for the week- building a house for Jose and his family. But there was lots of other ministry going on as well. It is easy to become lost in the project and what you want to accomplish building wise-- but it is just as important to spend time in ministry with people.
There is a lot we can learn by thinking about the ministry of with. Justin preached this morning on this very topic, reminding us all before we can meet people's needs we must be simply be with them in order to find out what the needs are. And, often, our presence is all that is needed. Jesus spent 30 years exhibiting the ministry of with before beginning his official time in ministry. What a great of example for us!
So, essentially, that's what we did. We spent time in ministry with the people of this village. We saw needs we wouldn't have seen otherwise. And we were blessed because of it.
we spent lots of time playing with Jose and Estephanie (apparently I taught him to throw rocks!)
one of our team members teaches sign language and she was able to teach Jose a few signs! It was a really special moment to see him communicate in that way for the first time! She also taught his mom, Elsa, and some of the nearby kids as well.
we spent time with the other kids from the village .. there was always a gang of atleast 20 adults and children watching us!
one of our team members led a time of "Bible School" that involved reading a Bible story in Spanish, singing, and making crafts several days. It was really neat to some of the kids stick around and spend time reading the children's Bible on their own.
we gave out "witness" bracelets to the kids and some of our team members also made other bracelets with the kids.
one of the most meaningful parts of the trip came on our last day at the work site. Each day when we ate lunch we felt terrible to be eating in front of so many who don't have enough to eat. One of our team members came up with the idea of feeding the entire village. Part of our group stayed back one morning to help prepare the meal and at lunch time we invited the entire village to come and eat!
That's all for today .. come back one more time for Honduras, Part 3!
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