Day 11 (Jan 30)

We're Home!

Today was the last part of our journey home. We got a decent sleep and shower at the hotel in Newark. Then back to the airport for the flight to Halifax, which went without any problems. 

After spending 11 days together, and experiencing living in Honduras with a very special group of people, it is hard to say goodbye.  It's safe to say that we were all impacted in a very powerful and positive way by the trip.

As I think about wrapping up the reports, I am very grateful to have been a part of this trip and this team. I am grateful for the church and people that have been behind us the whole way, both prayerfully & financially. We are so blessed to be able to visit Casa Hogar and be a part of the kids' lives.

When we said our goodbyes at Casa Hogar many of the kids gave us letters, notes & gifts that they had written or made.  As we're flying home many of us were reading their notes and we were brought to tears by what the kids have written.  For children who have experienced so much abuse, loss and abandonment, it really means a lot that we come and spend time with them and are interested in their lives.  Over and over they express thankfulness & love for us as a team, for coming to spend this week with them. What the kids may not realize is that we represent a larger group of people who also care and are equally important in the sending process. 
Thank you!

 - Curtis Bergman

PS - You heard in an earlier post that Joel was quite sick a few days ago with what we thought was food poisoning.  Today 2 more team members have come down with similar stomach illness, so we’d love your prayers a little longer against whatever seems to be attacking us.