Shalea---June 29, 2014

This is my first trip to Honduras!  I have wanted to come on the trip since the very first group came.  This was finally my time to come, and I cannot express how overwhelmed I have felt the past two days.  The scenery is breathtaking, and the people here are so precious.  Today, we drove for over an hour up into the village of Las Medias.  Edguardo drove Mark, Valerie, and I in his truck.  He picked up one group of people who actually walked for over two hours into town for the ride.  They are the young men who played the music for the church service this morning.  When we arrived to the village, we walked down a steep hill to get down to their new church building.  The building was made out of small trees as poles and a tin roof.  They had a simple white tablecloth with three vases of native flowers.  The atmosphere was one of total awe.  I was overwhelmed by the little children who were so eager to greet us.  There were chickens and turkeys walking among the worshipers. Mark gave the message this morning from 1 Timothy 1:3-20.  The group was encouraged to go and tell others how God is working in their lives.  Approximately thirty people gathered together to praise our wonderful Creator.  God is preparing our hearts to begin heading into the schools tomorrow.  We have prepared our supplies for Gotus. We are excited to meet the children and the teachers.  We ate supper at Jim’s, and it was great again tonight.  We just got finished practicing our songs for worship tomorrow.  Viatris and Valerie are helping us with our Spanish! Thank you so much to all of our friends and families who are praying for us while we are here.  We can feel your prayers and love.   Shalea