First few days…

I arrived safely to Honduras on Tuesday and spent the first 3 ½ days at Casa Hogar (the children’s home I volunteered at this past summer). My time there was a really sweet time with the kids. We had fun playing soccer, watching soccer YouTube clips, dancing, doing hair, and just talking. Here are a few pictures from my time there…

Little girls doing my hair…

Watching soccer clips…

This is Mirza who is a beautiful young girl with a great heart for the Lord. We got to spend an afternoon just talking one-on-one about life and God. She hopes to be a doctor someday and to be a missionary in Israel.

On Saturday I met up with a group flying into Tegucigalpa traveling to Orphanage Emmanuel.  So I have been here at Emmanuel for a day and a half.

Highlights:

The church service today was awesome. God really spoke to me through the songs and the sermon, reminding me again that this narrow road that God calls us to is one of daily surrender. He also reminded me of His faithfulness and that I can trust Him with all the unknowns in my life.

Though I didn’t know any of the kids yet today, no one remains a stranger here for more than 2 min. Right after church some young girls befriended me, and I spent a couple hours hanging out with them, telling them stories and talking with them. Later in the afternoon as I was going for a walk and passing by the little boys cabin, a little boy called me over which led me to hanging out with a bunch of little boys for a while which led to them singing for me. Wish I could upload the video but the internet is a bit too slow right now. 

These are the little boys :) 

Later in the day I spent a bit of time with the babies, they are so precious. The children here have already been such a blessing to me, God has shown me His love for me through them in a beautiful way today. Indeed if only we could all be like children. I have so much to learn from them.

Low-lights:

Attempting to cook slow-cooking rice and dried beans tonight. Though I spent some time working on my cooking skills while I was at home (successfully actually) I didn’t quite fully prepare myself for cooking Latin American style. Haha. It’ll come :) 

Prayer requests:

Tomorrow I will be meeting with the volunteer coordinator to figure out what my responsibilities will be. Please pray for this; I have many things I would love to do, but most of all I want to have a willing heart to do whatever God calls me to here.

For my transition to Emmanuel becoming a new home for me. For the relationships I will form with the other volunteers I’m living with (there are 12 at the moment) and with the children and staff.

For the children that I know will be a blessing to me and I hope through God’s love to be a blessing to as well. Pray that they would surrender their lives to God and experience the transforming power of the gospel.

Thank you for all your prayers, love and support that have gotten me here!