My best trip ever to Honduras

Wednesday night, July 12, we returned home to Memphis real late at night, around 10:30 or so. Around 11 p.m. we walked into our home, full of all the comforts and joys we left behind. It was great to fall asleep in our own, queen size bed once again.

The entire trip was spent working with Mission Lazarus in Choluteca, Honduras. This is a special project begun by a guy named Jarrod Brown. Jarrod and his wife Allie basically are in charge of this project, which has a full board and about 50 employees. The reason I loved this particular group is because their main goal is to enpower the local people who are in Honduras, instead of having a bunch of Americans run the show. They support the local preachers, the local culture, and let the Hondurans run the show as much as they can.

Our trip was excellent! We had 16 people total go on this awesome excursion. We worked on painting some classrooms at the congregation in Limon, a poor city that has about 17,000 people. The congregation is the largest in Honduras, with about 400-500 every Sunday, and about 250 or so of those are children. The kids often wanted to help us do our work, but since we were painting, it wasn't the best idea. We did however let them help us clean the brushes and rollers, help us clean up the rooms, and various other things as well. You go to serve others, but you end up being served. Its a great feeling.


We also had opportunities to pass out food to poor families. We broke up into smaller groups and went with the local preacher to hand the food to people in the congregations of the area that needed help. It was so rewarding to see our teenagers go into these homes and show the love of Christ to them all.

Give me a few days, and I'll have more pictures posted and more things about the trip. Thanks for all your prayers.