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September 02, 2004
Episode III
So this past july, I went to Honduras with my church. To be honest, before I went, I wasn't exactly sure why I was going. I didn't know if my heart was in the right place; I didn't know if I should even be doing missions for God if my relationship with God was rocky. But once I got there, stepped out of the airport, and set foot on Honduran soil, there was no more doubt.
There were 34 of us, and we did a variety of things. We went to a small village outside of the capital city of Tegucigalpa, called Las Casitas, which means 'little houses.' We built houses for people in need, brought medical assistance, conducted VBS for kids, and did some Gospel meetings.
I was on the building team everyday that we had planned to build, cause apparently I was good with a hammer, or something. We had 6 days of construction, and we built six houses. Now, we're not talking mansions here... just simple 16ftx18ft sheds, really. You can see some of them in the gallery. I loved building houses... and it was probably the most fulfilling of all the things for me. We got to provide for families that were really really in need. Most of the houses we built were for single moms/grandmoms with 3 or more kids. The living conditions were terrible... no running water, most had no electricity, and sewage being dumped outside the house into a creek or worse, just being dumped outside on the hill.
The medical team we did for four days, I think. We just had some nurses that saw people who came in. Mostly they dealt with things like worms and parasites. I think something like half of the kids, which outnumbered the adults in the town, had parasites or worms... they all play barefoot, in the sand, near human waste. Really bad stuff. Really needed, and they saw sooooo many people.
Then we had days where we did more church related stuff. We were trying to get a church started in Las Casitas, and a church we helped start in a nearby village, Mateo, helped us with the Gospel Meetings. We did a couple VBSs, and as you can see from my pics, there are a ton of kids... they loved it.
All in all, it was a great experience, and the Lord was really at work. I was proud to be a part of it, and I wish I could have stayed longer.
Posted by josh at September 2, 2004 11:28 PM