Day 5 (Jan 24)

Every day I wake up here with expectations about what I think is going to happen. And every day God shows me that the main reason we are here is to love and be loved! 

The days are so full, fulfilling and exhausting all at the same time. We did a full day of VBS today. It was somewhat like herding cats! And so much fun! The kids love playing games like 4 Corners, Balloon Pop, and Octopus, which we all played on the sports pad that FBC laid many Honduran trips ago! And yes, we ALL ran around playing games! Jonah was almost the ultimate champion of Balloon Pop, but Christian took it away! 

Most of the guys, along with a bunch of the boys and a couple of the girls from the home, continued to move bricks to a new greenhouse location and also built a walkway. Armando and Elijah get along great. At one point, I saw Elijah running with bricks furiously trying to blow a fire ant off his arms. Armando was running to him to brush the ant off and take the bricks from him. It was a wonderful visual picture of the love and relationships we build here.

Another highlight of the day (among many) was watching Jonah, Isaac and Elijah playing duck, duck, goose with some kids. The laughs and giggles were contagious!  I got to do something I have not done in almost 50 years. I rode in the back of a truck! Actually a couple times now and this time Sandra came with Jonah and I!

​Also we had a special guest you can see in a couple photos.  Vicki McLean was with us for the day and into the evening! It was great to hear about her experience at the evangelical bilingual school and her experience here in Siguatepeque.

Tonight we went to the taco truck, El Sangre. Delicious food but more significant is the brave evangelism of Marvin, the truck owner. El Sangre means The Blood. And his t shirt stated Jesus is not a religion, it's a relationship. Amen, brother!

I took so many pictures! I would love to include them all, but we cannot share on social media, without blurring the faces of the children. But more than happy to share I return!  No matter how much we endeavor to love on these kids, the love we feel from them is so much more! I am so grateful for this team, this opportunity to show God's love through me. And as Curtis said (paraphrased) what happens on this trip God knows and is meant to grow our faith. 

​Continue to pray please. Safety for us, protection for our health, bonding of the team, etc. Most of all pray that in some ways with God's guidance our presence here impacts these beautiful children to look to Jesus, thereby impacting the trajectory of their lives. 

- Lillian