As I have shared earlier this year is going to be a little different. But this different right here on this post is a gift from God. Cristobal's wife has taken half of her home we built her and Cristobal last year, 2020, and made it into a restaurant. For several years she has been famous for her fried chicken and when there was not any teams on Sunday evening Mike and I would buy four plates and whoever was on duty for guarding the campus got this special treat. Well, Mike and I are trying to carefully protect our teams coming in and also the Hondurans from too much interaction and I suppose clusters of groups until further notice. So we ask the team was it okay to eat their last meal at the Restaurant de Cristobal. I thought it quiet sweet Margaretta named her restaurant after her husband. So off we go with our reservations for the local and only restaurant in our neighboring community called Pavana. She and her daughter did a phenomenal job and the team was pleased and left with full stomachs. So this was a win win for everyone. The North American left blessed and we are supporting our neighboring community Pavana. As I close this blog out on one final note, several of our devotionals this past week tie in with this restaurant experience. Jennifer especially shared we have so much and well you know the rest of this sentence. Our cozy experience at this restaurant was absolutely perfect in every way. The simplicity of it all was an experience you will just have to come and experience for yourself. Outside the restaurant as we dined life was going on. Margaretta was continuously filling take out orders as the locals looked inside the restaurant to a full house. Jennifer's scripture reference was Isaiah 40:31, "We wait on God". I can only imagine how Margaretta feels having her restaurant full to capacity when a year ago there was nothing at all. Cristobal and Margaretta worked hard on making her dream a reality. I continuously told her, "Your restaurant needs a name. So when arrived Sunday evening it was almost like this was her grand opening. She had put up on one of the walls the name of her new restaurant and I saw her husband's name up there. I almost cried. Margaretta is soaring on wings like an eagle. Our Honduran families never worry about tomorrow and they are always content with what they have. But this was a blessing to actually see a family successfully provide for their family on a weekly basis. And this leads up to Braxton's devotional "Don't be afraid just believe." out of Mark 5:36. They had the faith and belief God will provide this restaurant and now customers coming not just when teams are here, but the Honduran police come to order and eat as well. Marietta's smile is enough to fill anyone with joy. She takes what she has and makes it into an amazing plate of some delicious fried chicken, fried bananas, slaw, and tortillas. Closing out Aaron's devotional shared everything we do is for the Lord. Aaron's grandmother told him once when he was a child, "Whatever you do, do it all for the Lord." 1 Corinthians 10:31 cannot be more appropriate to end this particular blog. "Whatever you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." Amen y amen.
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