Hola from Honduras!
A great day of travel as we safely arrived in Honduras.
Our day of travel started at 3:30 a.m. at KCI Airport with Alex's wonderful blessing for our journey.
Humor: As we chatted about our Spanish language skills, I remembered when our son was 4-years old & trying to learn Spanish. He could never get the hang of the word “please.” Which I thought was poor for four.
Miraculously, all of our connections were right on schedule as we traveled from Kansas City to Dallas to Honduras.
During our lay-over in Dallas, we met another Mission Trip group heading from Overland Park to Honduras for the week. Fortunately, today's devotion helped us focus on being God's Ambassadors so we just compared notes & avoided a whole West Side Story-esque type of rumble between the Jets & Sharks.
Throughout the morning we also held our own Food Network Challenge as we compared & contrasted between 3 Fast Food Chicken Sandwiches. Our 3 competitors for our episode were:
- What-A-Burgers Chicken & Biscuit Sandwich
- Chic-fil-A Chicken Sandwich
- Popeye's Chicken Sandwich
To avoid needless controversy, I won't divulge our winning sandwich but suffice to say "everyone's a winner."
Honduran Fact: Honduras has been part of the Mayan, Spanish, & Mexican empires. In 1823, Honduras joined the United Provinces of Central America with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, & El Salvador. When the United Provinces was dissolved in 1840, Honduras became an independent nation. The Honduran flag has 5 stars to represent their inclusion in the United Provinces.
We were met by our two guides/translators Jorge & Franklin & our two drivers, Ivan & Rigo, who safely drove us through the beautiful mountains of Honduras to a Wal-Mart. We picked up some snacks & purchased some gift cards to give to teachers at the school.
We then traveled to the Mission House & had a delicious dinner of pork chops, steamed riced, & coleslaw.
Jorge shared a powerful devotion about his father's life-after-death experience. Steve then shared a super devotion focusing on Mark 10:42-45 & the importance of serving others.
Afterwards everyone relaxed after a long day of travel, played some games, & reflected on a wonderful day as we began to develop friendships in Christ.
Blessings,
Your Faithful Honduran Bloguero
