I would love with great pleasure, honor and humility introduce everyone to Mrs. Nancy. Mrs. Nancy is 75 years old and is a retired Nurse Practitioner. She has always wanted to go use her gifts of medicine internationally for her Lord. Mrs. Nancy has a lot of physical challenges which for some folks would let that hinder them from coming to Honduras. Mrs. Nancy did not see her physical challenges as challenges at all she saw them as opportunities to rely more on the strength from her Lord and Savior. She said God brought me here to serve and to serve Him is just what I am going to do. From the construction site Mrs. Nancy had to walk down a rocky terrain called a road to get to the church on the first day. The children were walking with her holding her hand and I came along behind them to walk with her as well. She needed to take a short break to allow her legs to catch up with her desire to serve her Lord. They did and we continue walking to the church to start her dream of doing a medical clinic for these beautiful people. The rest of the week Mrs. Nancy had an amazing chauffeur who drove her down to the clinic and home daily, Mr. Robert. Thank you Robert for taking such great care of Mrs. Nancy as well. She had an amazing dedicated staff right by her side who supported her and took great care of her. Glenda one of the members of the church took extra special care of Mrs. Nancy. The Hondurans knew Mrs. Nancy went through a lot to simply walk to the church to serve their community so they were there for her as well. Mrs. Nancy set such a high standard for us all who say we cannot go to Honduras because...….Is that you who is reading this today? If so look at the life of Mrs. Nancy who has physical conditions which could have eliminated her from coming and getting blessings in her life which no one will ever be able to take a way from her. I told Mrs. Nancy when I grow up I want to be just like her. She totally relied on her Father in Heaven for all her needs, did she struggle a few times, yes, but she bounced right back with vengeance. She preserved with full force and gave it all she had in her being all because God called her to go and serve in this beautiful country called Honduras.
God is so good that on the last day she was able to help Marixa and ladies cook the chicken soup. She got to experience a chicken being freshly killed for that big pot of soup we were to have for lunch. She said she use to kill chickens when she was much younger. Mrs.Nancy stood there cutting vegetables with the rest of the ladies for over three hours. When they were finished and the soup was cooking, Marixa provided Mrs. Nancy a chair to sit in and Dr. Sarah stayed right by her side while everyone else when on a tour of this beautiful and loving village called Las Cabasas, Proviner. At the airport with tears in both of our eyes she hugged me and said I will see you next year if God so allows and thanked me for all we did to make her week so very special here in Honduras. All I could say is no Mrs. Nancy, "Thank You for being the example for all of us."
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