Team 3 Day 1 Cheryl

Howdy!!

I have decided I don't like roosters! Especially one that thinks dawn is at 2 AM!! I'm sure if I had a gun I could get rid of this problem if a Team 4 comes down in the near future.

Trevor was right when he said words can't express this experience. The church service (even though I didn't understand it) was amazing. The people are so passionate in their worship. My question is why am I so guarded in my worship? Hello, David danced in the streets worshipping God!! Well, he also was naked, but still he worshipped passionately! I want to worship like that, but keep my clothes on!! I know you will be grateful for that also!

Tired, Yes. Ready to work, YES! I'll keep you posted on how things go.

Continue to pray for us and the people we will be serving.

Willing servant,

Cheryl

Team 3 Day 1 Valerie

We made it! No air conditioning on the bus for 3 hours on the winding roads from San Pedro to Copan gave me a horrible case of Motion Sickness (Cheryl took a picture!!!), but I've since recovered and I 'm ready to do God's work.

There is still a tremendous need. Audrey told me that whatever food we deliver this week will be it if more money isn't received. She has been talking to Food Organizations, but they won't commit or give her a response. The Chorti are still in dire need so please pray that funds be made available so that their basic needs can be met and all Glory will be given to God.

We attended Elias' wonderful church this morning. I'm amazed at the enthusiasm and passion for Christ in his services. I pray that everyone have the chance to hear their prayer sessions. And to think that he is unable to read.......the only thing he can read is his Bible! God works in mighty ways!

We've got an awesome team, and I look forward to getting to know our friends from North Carolina over the next few days. We got to meet Kyle's family via video skype. I've really enjoyed spending time with Mary (She and Billy are responsible for all the initial and continued contacts with the Chorti.). She is truly a blessing, and her heart is still in Honduras. I pray that they are both able to return at some point in the future.

Steve and Audrey are great! It's wonderful to have the time to catch up. We've got a very full week, and will not have any free time. We will prepare the sacks of food, deliver to designated villages, return to the warehouse, and repeat for another village. Please pray that the rain not keep us from our deliveries. The rain can damage the roads and force the Chorti to come to us instead of us going to them.

Thank you for all of you support and prayers. We can feel you lifting us up. I'm so thankful for Tami and Jase. God led them to share their love for the Chorti with all of us. I know that He used them to get me here, and now, a piece of my heart will always be in Honduras!!!

Team 3

Team 3 has arrived in Honduras! Please pray for Valerie Jackson, Cheryl Greenfield, and Cary Moring as they join folks from North Carolina to continue the food distribution. Here is a video from Team 2 of distributing the food in a village.

Obando, a man who we work with in Honduras, had a seizure yesterday. Steve and Audrey took him to San Pedro Sula yesterday. We have not heard an update today. Please pray for Obando. He is the young man who our youth raised money and bought a motorcycle.

Team 2 is about to head home!!!

Team 2 has done a great job!!! The girls have shown the fellas from North Carolina how tough Texas girls are. The team has been wet, muddy and sweaty all at the same time; sharing and receiving, loving and being loved, all because they were asked to by Christ. During this week we have seen children with expanded stomachs due to lack of food, moms doing what they could to make sure their children received food and fathers walking hours to work and to buy what they could to provide for their families. What has been shown to all of these people is the love of Christ by this team.

We can never truly tell you what has taken place and you can never fully understand what the team experienced because the smells you smell, the laughter hear and the tears you wipe are things that can not be brought home. So be ready to join a team!!

We want to do our best to share with you what all took place so here are a few numbers that might help with that.

Each family was given Corn and Beans, the amount given to each family will allow them to eat one time a day for a month.

Distribution that took place

11 - Villages

418 Families

44,350 lbs of corn (22.2 Tons)

8650 lbs of beans (4.3 Tons)

As I mentioned earlier the team worked hard and did an incredible job to share the provisions of Christ with the Chorti people. I want to say Thank You to the Parents and Family for allowing you student to be a part of this team. Thank you to the church and others for your prayers and support of this team.

In His Grip,

Jase

Kenzie-Thursday

Hola! Esta semana ha sido una experiencia increíble!( This week has been such an incredible experience.) I have had a chance to see a foreign country, meet a new group of people, work on my spanish, and most importantly spend time focusing on God and doing his work. I came here not knowing what to expect and with the food distribution it was something new to everyone. I had a chance to go into about 9 different villages this week and in each village I meet children and adults who know what it is like to live without. For the first few days I played with the kids and they love to play. In one village we gave the kids balloons and you would have thought it was Christmas they had a blast. Also the adults were some of the most friendly people I have ever met, even though they have so little they always have a smile. The next few days I helped load and unload and reload and unload food again. It made me appreciate the things I have and the effort put in to obtain them. There was one Native man who helped us do all of this named Pablo; he probally lifted twice as much as all of us but never once did he complain or ask for a break he was always asking us if we were ready to go. It made me think twice about complaining or mumbling.

This week has taught me many things but one of the most important is that God is in control and if it takes a food distribution to reach people with the Word of God that's what He will do. He also has a plan for all of us even if we don't know exactly what it is eventually everything will work out according to that plan.

Brittany and Jenna =)

Since Jase is forcing us to blog we decided to cheat and do it together. =P Well, when we started out this week we really didn't know what to expect or what God had in store for us. As most of y'all know this week we have helped with the food distribution project. We were able to go into a few villages and see what their lives actually consist of. Which to the majority of us is nothing. Chickens and scrawny dogs were everywhere. Definitely, not your average houses either. Their work ethic was quite inspiring because they work for every little thing they have and are EXTREMELY proud of it! As we are about to leave we are walking away with a new appreciation of everything we have been blessed with! We both could not praise God more for giving us this opportunity.

Kimberly - Wednesday

Hola! Today we continued to distribute food to two villages: Hacienda de San Juan & Morazon. We gave corn and beans to around 175 families. The song that keeps coming to my mind this week is "Count your blessing". I have been singing it to myself at night as I go to sleep. The Chorti people have so little and yet they are still joyful. I do not thank the Lord enough for all the things he has blessed me with that I take for granted. The people in these villages do not have the luxuries we have like a bathroom with running water. We will go to three villages tomorrow and will work in the warehouse bagging the corn and beans. Please continue to pray that the physical and spiritual needs of the Chorti are met.