Yesterday was another great day in Honduras! The rest of the Mi Eperanza committee arrived and the week's work began in eanest.
In the morning I made my obligatory stop at Dunkin Donuts (yes, Dunkin Donuts) for a Vanilla Creme donut and a cup of coffee. Last summer I went most mornings and I felt obliged to go and reconnect with those relationships. DD's coffee, "VC", and I had become quite close and it was great to see them both again.
I then went to Baxter (a Church of Christ affiliated school of Biblical studies) to meet with Gerardo. Baxter is the place where our mission groups stayed up until last summer. We will have a small mission team coming in May and they wanted to see if they could stay there. The students are not on campus right now so things were very quiet. I met with Gerardo and made all the necessary arrangements for the group.
Each summer TORCH mission teams do a project on the Baxter campus. Last summer we worked to restore one of the original buildings built 75-80 years ago. They are going to use it as a administration building/museum/radio station. It looks great! The wood beams and tile floors are all original. Gerardo is excited as he will be getting an office there. Way to go TORCH!! Another job well done. I then headed to the airport to pick up Janet, Becky, Steve, and Kathy.
Upon arriving at the airport, I was greeted by a very familiar cast of characters. During the summer I was at the airport 4-5 days a week for a variety of reasons. Picking up travelers, dropping off travelers, exchanging money, making changes to airline tickets, etc. Needless to say, I became pretty familiar with many of the employees there as well as many of the others that "hang" at the airport. Last summer there was a young boy (about 12 years old) whom I would buy lunch for once or twice a week. The airport is where he "works". He is a beggar, quite possibly a homeless beggar, I'm not sure. This is his method of survival. He has no real desire or thought of doing anything different. This is what he has come to know as his way to live. That is one thing that really seperates me from many of those we work amongst here. It is a different understanding success, of future, of what is possible. This young boy will spend his life "working" this way and be very content to survive each day.
At the airport I also saw Jared Brown. He is a missionary who works in Choluteca (about 2 hours from here). He and his wife have opened 3 schools, began work in 4 churches, and run a very busy medical clinic. God has blessed their efforts. They are a great couple and it was good to visit with him as we waited for the plane to arrive. I also went in to see my friends at the American Airlines counter. They are lifesavers for us as we make multiple adjustments to our tickets throughout the summer.
The rest of the afternoon was spent going to the bank, grocery store, and getting our new arrivals settled. We also had our first meeting of the Mi Esperanza committee.
Like I siad at the beginning...another great day in Honduras!!
In the morning I made my obligatory stop at Dunkin Donuts (yes, Dunkin Donuts) for a Vanilla Creme donut and a cup of coffee. Last summer I went most mornings and I felt obliged to go and reconnect with those relationships. DD's coffee, "VC", and I had become quite close and it was great to see them both again.
I then went to Baxter (a Church of Christ affiliated school of Biblical studies) to meet with Gerardo. Baxter is the place where our mission groups stayed up until last summer. We will have a small mission team coming in May and they wanted to see if they could stay there. The students are not on campus right now so things were very quiet. I met with Gerardo and made all the necessary arrangements for the group.
Each summer TORCH mission teams do a project on the Baxter campus. Last summer we worked to restore one of the original buildings built 75-80 years ago. They are going to use it as a administration building/museum/radio station. It looks great! The wood beams and tile floors are all original. Gerardo is excited as he will be getting an office there. Way to go TORCH!! Another job well done. I then headed to the airport to pick up Janet, Becky, Steve, and Kathy.
Upon arriving at the airport, I was greeted by a very familiar cast of characters. During the summer I was at the airport 4-5 days a week for a variety of reasons. Picking up travelers, dropping off travelers, exchanging money, making changes to airline tickets, etc. Needless to say, I became pretty familiar with many of the employees there as well as many of the others that "hang" at the airport. Last summer there was a young boy (about 12 years old) whom I would buy lunch for once or twice a week. The airport is where he "works". He is a beggar, quite possibly a homeless beggar, I'm not sure. This is his method of survival. He has no real desire or thought of doing anything different. This is what he has come to know as his way to live. That is one thing that really seperates me from many of those we work amongst here. It is a different understanding success, of future, of what is possible. This young boy will spend his life "working" this way and be very content to survive each day.
At the airport I also saw Jared Brown. He is a missionary who works in Choluteca (about 2 hours from here). He and his wife have opened 3 schools, began work in 4 churches, and run a very busy medical clinic. God has blessed their efforts. They are a great couple and it was good to visit with him as we waited for the plane to arrive. I also went in to see my friends at the American Airlines counter. They are lifesavers for us as we make multiple adjustments to our tickets throughout the summer.
The rest of the afternoon was spent going to the bank, grocery store, and getting our new arrivals settled. We also had our first meeting of the Mi Esperanza committee.
Like I siad at the beginning...another great day in Honduras!!
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