Friday, July 20, 2012

Home from Honduras

Monday morning found me at the airport getting ready to leave the wonderful country of Honduras. After checking in and paying airport taxes, I had my last Honduran meal - a baleada - with the Conovers before heading out through security. 

My first flight was delayed, so I missed my second flight and then had several more delays on the new flight they put me on. However, I finally landed in Dulles at 2 A.M. Tuesday and made it home safely early afternoon, Gracias a Dios. 

Although I've finished my internship (other than an 8 page paper due in 1 1/2 weeks!), life's not back to normal. In some ways it is. I'm back at home and working again. But in other ways, I've been shaped by my time in Honduras. I left some of my heart in Honduras. I want to go back. I've learned a lot of things during my 9 weeks living in Honduras. And right now, I guess I'm sorting through all that. How is all that I've learned (about God, ministry, and more) going to change my daily life? How does it influence my future? This post might be ending now because I've run out of time, but somehow, I don't believe I've finished...

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Boda y last Sunday

I'm very thankful for the chance to be able to stay and play piano for Hector y Paola's wedding. What a lovely ceremony and a lovely couple!
 My last Sunday at Faro de Luz. I'm so thankful for the chance to serve here and be a part of this church family for two months. Tonight I'm giving my testimony and also sharing about my experience here in Honduras. I still don't know what I'm going to say about my time here. How can I put into words and sum up all that is in my heart from my time here these last few months in just a couple minutes? And in Spanish?


I'm flying home tomorrow! Bittersweet... I want to be home again, but saying goodbye is always hard.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Last week in Honduras

Our next few days will be filled with practicing music for the wedding, wedding rehearsal, and the actual wedding. And that means that I have only a few days left here in Honduras. And as much as I'm looking forward to being home again, I'm really gonna miss this place... And these special people. 

 My 9-11 year olds sang in church last Sunday morning. I was supposed to accompany them on the piano (teclado), but the power went out 15-20 minutes before the service, so we practiced and sang without accompaniment. They sounded great too. It was wonderful to hear them singing the hymn and see them serving in the church through special music. I'm going to miss all these wonderful kiddos.


Saturday, July 7, 2012

Siguatepeque trip

Wednesday we left San Pedro to go for a short trip to Siguatepeque. During our time there, I got to stay with another missionary couple. It has been interesting to meet several other missionaries here in Honduras and learn how God has been using them and different lessons they have learned through life. I think one of the many blessings I've had here is getting to listen to so many first-hand accounts and insights from different people about different life-lessons, ministry, living in a different country, and much more. On Thursday, I got to go to the Open Market and learn about buying produce and the skill of trying to get things for lower prices. 
 This is Siguatepeque. It's up in the mountains and a lot cooler than San Pedro Sula. Wednesday evening in the rain it got down to 66 degrees. COLD! For the first time during my internship, I put on a sweater. A lot different than the 100-115 degrees in San Pedro...
 Friday we went to La Esperanza, a town higher in the mountains. We visited Baptist missionaries up there and had a wonderful time talking with them. We also got to ride their horses a little bit. My first time ever!
 This is their church up in La Esperanza. Beautiful place and wonderful missionary couple.
 A Catholic shrine at the top of La Esperanza. They have all this outward beauty but lack the true beauty of a place where the Gospel is preached.

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Copán

Hermano Carlos and his family took me to Copán to learn more about the wonderful country called Honduras. We saw the beautiful Mayan ruins on Monday and then Tuesday went to Macaw Mountain before heading back to San Pedro.
 


 They had some macaws and parrots flying free that we were able to hold.