Why do people come to Honduras?

 

As you can see their former home they would most definitely have gotten wet in about two weeks.  Their beds, clothes and anything of any value would have gotten soaked soon.  I praise God for the hard work by this team to get every block in place and mortar mixed in the extremely high tempertures.  This is hard manual labor done here from not just this team but each team who comes here.  Some team members are not use to being out in the heat and yet they still come year after year to work in 100 degrees heat to serve the Lord.  Why do they do this?  Why do they come and sweat and do construction when they do not have a background in construction?  Why don't they just send the money?  Because our God is so much bigger than all of the above questions.  These people came here to SERVE GOD FIRST, then to serve these beautiful people of Honduras secondly and to share and learn about the love of God through laying block and sweating for four and a half days.  If they had sent their money there would not have been a relationship built with one of the guys who helped mix the mortar all week, Fernando, whose smile could radiate anyone's day.  Fernando is a young man who was lost but found Jesus Christ about four or five years ago.  Pastor Carlos took him under his wing and mentored and discipled Fernando as if he was his own son.  The team would never had this awesome experience of working beside Fernando if they had just sent their money.  We are so grateful for teams like this one who come back each year to serve the Lord and the people of Honduras.  Without teams we could not get the work done.  There are so many more stories and families who need assistance.  We say thank you for returning each year to help those in need.

 

"May God be gracious to us and bless us

and make his face shine on us

so that your ways may be known on earth,

your salvation among all nations.

 

May the peoples praise you, GOD:

may all the peoples praise you.

May the nations be glad and sing for joy,

for you rule the peoples with equity

and guide the nations of the earth.

May the peoples praise you, God,

may all the peoples praise you.

 

The land yields its harvest,

God, our God blesses us.

May God bless us still,

so that all the ends of the earth will fear him."

Psalm 67:1-7