Honduras from Garrison

Greetings from Honduras. When we arrived in Honduras and left the airport in San Pedro Sula to head to Copan, we were picked up in a van. The driving was pretty insane to say the least. There weren´t really lanes in town. It was more like a big blob of traffic moving down the highway. When we arrived in Copan, it was pouring rain which was refreshing but made for a wet time unloading the luggage. It is beautiful country though. Everything is green and there are plenty of mountains (completely opposite of Seminole).
This week in Honduras has been absolutely incredible. Before setting off for Honduras I would pray every day for the people of Honduras and for their villages, but I really had no concept of how they lived until I saw it first hand. My eyes have been opened to the fact that we are blessed beyond measure in Seminole. The people of the villages are rarely sure what they will eat the next meal, are constantly working to produce goods to eat or sell, hike miles upon miles to get to their crops and to get to town, and have nothing more to wear on their feet than flipflops at best. However, they are extremely appreciative and thankful for each and every thing that they do have. Every person, from the children up to the elderly, wore a smile and had a very kind heart. We were welcomed to each village that we visited and each village said that we were welcome back anytime. In each village we told a story or two and played games with the children. It was amazing to see how long the children would enjoy playing just one game. We had a parachute and would have the children run underneath it, and they would have been perfectly happy doing that for hours. The adults of the village could have watched them happily for hours. They are so appreciative. However, most families in the village have anywhere from 6-12 kids so most of the children don´t get the attention that they deserve. It was a true joy to see those kids´ faces light up when we played a game or even picked up and hugged one 0f the kids. A couple of groups of children sang for us, and one even made a poster telling us thank you. We did a prayer walk in one of the villages where we went to several houses and asked if they wanted us to pray for anything specific and then prayed in their home. It was amazing to see that they have the same prayer requests as people in America: health, crops, etc... When they pray, they pray very passionately. One person begins praying and then everybody just joins in when they feel led. The presence of God was thick.
God is definitely at work in Honduras. We had a 16 year old boy named Hector who came with us every day and told a Bible story that he had learned to each village. Jacob and I got to know him fairly well even though he doesn´t speak any English. We did learn some Spanish from him however. There is also a project that was started called the agriculture project. This is a project where the farmers from the villages come to the ag center and learn how to better tend their crops for half the day and are taught Bible stories for the other half of the day. There are over 100 families now involved with this project and it is a true blessing. They are not only being taught how to grow literal fruit, but spiritual fruit as well. It was really exciting to hear about. A few men from one of the villages got up and talked a little bit about their experience with the ag project. It was really exciting to hear that even though they planted the seeds and watered them themselves, they realized that it happened through God.
Thank you so much for your prayers and encouragement before and after our trip to Honduras. I look forward to sharing many stories with you when I get home.