Steve and I talked for a while tonight. He said that he met a 10 month old boy (born Feb. 10. 2008), which is a day younger than Laura Beth. The family was asking if the team had brought medication. Steve said that they had not. Then Steve asked why the woman was asking, what was wrong. The woman told her that her son had a very bad diaper rash. Steve thought, "What a simple thing to prevent and take care of in the states, but here in Honduras this could turn serious." The team, with the advice of the local missionary, was able to take (and pay for) the boy to see a doctor. It turns out that the boy was running a fever today. He had an upper respiratory infection too. They prayed for the boy and the team were happy to be able to help in this way. Steve says that they have been able to do things like this because of the faithful giving towards this mission trip. Their main goal was to hand out food and build a house. It turns out that they are doing much more. What wonderful news!
BELOW is a general update from Steve for our church family. I wanted to share it with you. Steve preaches tomorrow at the La Colonial church, which they built last year.
Monday:
"I was very encouraged today. My experience last year in Honduras was so wonderful that i was worried that this year would feel less. Last year i had the freedom to do whatever i wanted and I could be very involved in building relationships. This year I knew i would have organizational and managerial duties and my selfish fear was that I wouldn't enjoy this experience as much. Yet my fulfillment has come in another way this year. FBC Greenville should be extremely proud of the way their teenagers and the rest of the mission team is doing ministry. It's not as much what we're doing, which in itself is incredible. It's how they're doing it. I feel very fulfilled when i see a 17 year old boy jump out of a truck and without hesitation immediately run up to a Honduran child and pick him up and spin around and climb a tree with him. Another sight was looking down to a soccer field where half a dozen of our youth were running around with two dozen Honduran children chasing soccer balls and frisbees that have the plan of salvation written in Spanish on the underside. Then I looked to the side of the field where a 16 year old girl was sitting with a 3 year old Honduran child. The sun was very hot and bright so our 16 year old pulled out an umbrella and held it where the child was shaded while she baked in the hot equator sun. Let me tell you these are the sights that I've seen in just a day and a half. There are dozens more that would melt even the hardest heart. Our youth are ministering with class, integrity, and most of all love. My gratitude is to the Lord when I see God's will being done, in this way, God's way.
God has blessed us with health so far. No one has gotten sick, we feel very rested. There is a very positive feeling over every experience thus far. We've gotten many extra opportunities to serve and minister to the people of Honduras as well as to minister to the hearts of each other.
Please continue to pray for our group. We feel the prayers of the church and know that God is honoring them."
2 comments:
It is so awesome how God is using them down there. They had one "mission" in mind and now he has them doing 3 and who knows 4 and 5 could be added before they leave. With 37 people they can accomplish a lot!
It's wonderful and overwhelming reading this of the wonderful God's Will is being done by eager loving youth and team! It really is real and awesome and the words cant describe our feelings of awe to this experience in Hondurus. We cant imagine without being there but can really see it right here.
Love, Steve's mom
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