Our last weekend in Honduras proved to us that we were able to experience yet another form of culture shock after being in the country for almost five months. We were able to go to a spiritual retreat that is hosted by the local BIC church for people of the church.
It was a very intense weekend. The first reason being because it was full of sessions where we were listening to Spanish and trying to process everything that they were saying. Even after five months its still hard to understand a speaker speaking to a group. Another reason being because of the packed full schedule. We were not allowed to have watches, so I have no idea how much, or little, sleep we got. It was also very intense because of the spiritual aspect, and the many ways that God spoke into our lives and hearts at many different levels.
Also, on behalf of the team, thank you so much to those of you who sent us encouraging little notes, they were a huge blessing to each of us. And thank you Rachel for orchestrating that. It was a great weekend, and God definitely moved in many ways, seen and unseen.
Our last days in Honduras-- On Thursday we had a day full of mixed emotions as we were able to spend the day with our host families, and then in the evening we had a party to say good bye to our friends. It was encouraging to see around fifty people show up. As the evening came to a close we were able to share with our friends the impact they made on us, and also them to us, and then they prayed over us and we were able to pray for them. It is amazing how God works in ways we don't expect. Then after the party we stayed over at Rachel's and headed to the airport in the morning. It was so great to be sitting at the airport and see some of our friends and some of the host families walk in to hang out with us and wait till we need to go through security.
We left Teguz around 12:30pm, and then arrived in Baltimore around midnight. We were picked up by Mike Holland and arrived in Harrisburg around 3am Saturday morning. Now we find ourselves at HDC for the next two weeks, and after that...only God knows.
Some photos of us and our friends at our going away party.
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