This week was one of finding God's true peace right up there in the middle of a very rural and rugged village. The roads were rough and the terrain was rough as well on the project. But when it came time to break bread or should I say tortillas each day at noon everyone headed to the front porch of the home of O'Neal. He was most gracious to open up his home to us this week as we pretty much took up his entire front porch. It was maybe the second day at lunch Jared shared I feel such peace sitting here on this front porch, the "Peaceful Porch" became the name the rest of the week. I have to totally agree with Jared how relaxing and comforting this dirt floor porch was looking out over the property of this family. It didn't hurt to mention all those delicious Honduran cuisine we enjoyed each day, chicken and rice, Honduran chop suey, fish soup, and chicken soup which always included tortillas and a very cold coke to top off the meals. Please understand around ten each morning there was a "small" snack provided which one day was rice pudding, beans and eggs with tortillas and my all time favorite balaedas. They blessed us all more than they would ever know. Thank you Bartolla, Marie and ladies who cooked pretty much all morning for those men and me of course. We never went back to the campus hungry for we were over flowing with physical nourishment and spiritual nourishment. This was definitely several Bible stories from God's Word, Those ladies took what they had and multiplied it to feed around twenty five people a day. They gave to us sacrificially and for this we were beyond blessed each day. Plus each day we truly felt we were in the presence of our Lord and Savior on the "Peaceful" porch.
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