Saturday, October 31, 2009
My Big Adventure and News…
Hey everybody, wanted to tell you about some very big news with me. I have moved to a whole other part of Honduras, about 8 hours from Tegucigalpa, called La Masica. I am working with Reachout Orphanage or (Proyecto Alcanse) So I am no longer with WGO. I enjoyed my time greatly with World Gospel Outreach, however I felt God calling me away to another ministry and to more children here in Honduras, so I’m following His lead for my life. I am very very excited about this new step here. I had wonderful friends drive me here which was an adventure in itself since my car was packed to the roof with things on the roof too...lol…. but we got here safe and sound. I am enjoying my time here a lot. I can’t tell you how long I'll be here because they don’t do contracts or anything, its until God calls me elsewhere or tells me time to come home or whatever else He may throw my way. We have 17 children here, plus tons of the community children. I live here with the children, plus they have two churches that we attend everyday other then Thursday. Its very neat because they do prayer night, youth night, regular church nights… ect… We are with the kids constantly, so I am very happy about that. We also have a school in the next town over, about 6 miles away that our children plus that communities kids go to. Its sooo beautiful I do missssss living in the mountains but the main reason for that is that it is SOOOOO HOT here, but I’m adjusting , drinking lots of water and bought a fan which is one of my best friends here…lol….But yes we have 16 girls and 1 boy plus some female helpers here , myself, Tim (a north American guy) and the founders David and Dialis. I haven’t yet got to meet her because she is in the states right now, but I can't wait that will happen sometime within the next week. But things are great here. New adventures everyday, learning to get used to the heat, eating new things, working with the kids, and making new and wonderful friends. Just so you know I do not have my own internet so I will not be on very much at all, but Ill try to update my blog as much as I possibly can. But as for facebook, and myspace and email, my mom will be helping me by telling me my emails and things on the other sites so if you have news for me or want to email please do so, I will get to it and respond back as soon as I can. I won't get on often but know I think of you all bunches and misss you all tons!!! I wanted to share my big news with you , and ask you to please remember to keep me in your prayers as I am starting to adjust here, to a new place and new people…and working on my Spanish, which is a BIGGGGG PRAYER for me. As well as just walking with God and trusting Him in all that I do here in Honduras and my everyday life! Well got to go for now, Love you all and talk to you again sooon! God Bless!!!
Monday, October 12, 2009
People go running... and tear gas goes a flying...
So i wanted to tell you all about my adventure, kinda scary, kinda crazy, but an adventure still the same...I thank God for his protection and that He got us out when and where we needed to....
So here it is: i had to go get my trespaso finshed and paid for (the paperwork to put my car in my name) and get my car appraised and inspected to get insurance (which is still in process) so I asked one of the other missionaries here, as well as one of the brigade cordinators wife, to come along... so we could get those things done, have lunch together, and do whatever other things we needed to get done in the city together... the day was going good, got my appraisal done and heading for my trespaso when we see tons of traffic and what was causing it... a Protest, or demoonstration, (in spanish a manifestion) all these people protesting for Mel... i had time to make the comment to the 2 with me saying "man where is my camera" i have been wanting to get pics but never have my camera when i need it" about that time i look up and we were all blown away, because all you could see is 100's of people running right at us...then i realized why, TEAR GAS!!!! i saw the cans go flying and the gas start pouring out, I looked at Rachel who was driving and said we gotta get out of here thats tear gas coming at us ...God put us right where he wanted us to be for safety, cause where no one else could move car wise, we had no curb beside us and an open space enough for rachel to flip my car around and speed out of there...I was sooo relived to know how close we came to tear gas and scared , crazy people....so where heading over this bridge still getting away from all the demonstrators and tear gas, when we all thought we were out of it i rolled down my window cause we needed air, my a/c doesnt work , it was extremly hot, and due to all the adrenaline flowing through us we felt like we were gonna pass out due to the heat... right after i rollled my window down i relaized , that was a BIG mistake cause in came some of the tear gas....NOT FUN! it wasnt nearly as bad as it could have been cause i immediately rolled the windows up- but enough in the car to make our faces /eyes burn pretty badly....and scare me more then anything cause i know tear gas is horrible and painful, We went to one of the hardware stores to get out of the car for a little, hide from the protesters/traffic and make some phone calls, oh and use the bathroom . All i had to wipe off my face with was an antibacterial wipe which i had no clue if it would make things worse or better, but i burned so i had to try it... it helped a tad, i called momma to tell her and calm down some , and then afterwards we checked to see if there were protesters outside, we didnt see anymore so we decided we neeeded to go grab lunch, and finish up what we started off to do, since we were safe. Once i got home and was able to wash my face with cool water, the burning stopped. I was sooo thankful and happy God kept us safe and got us back to the mission house in 1 piece... It could have been so much worse, we saw people running, passing out, carring babies /kids that were crying or coughing due to the gas, all kinds of things . But all i can think of was even though we got some of the gas, we had a perfect place to turn around quick, a place to go into to make calls and hide, and a safe rest of the day in the city and back up the mountain.... As scary as it was and could have been more, God was there in the middle of it, protecting us all the way... It made for a very exciting, scary, and adventurous day in the city by far..And I got my trespaso , appraisal, and inspection done. YEAHHHHH! Now all i need is the insurance paperwork and everything for my car will be done completly (i hope...lol) anyways didnt want this to scare you, im perfectly safe, but I wanted to tell you of my adventures, and remind you to please keep praying for Honduras, they are in turmoil right now due to Mel...but just like God protecting us I know through prayers God can turn this country around too and get them out of this mess, but it's going to take time and lots of prayers. Well that was my crazy, fun , scary, adventure story! Hope everyone is doing great! Let me know what you thought of my story, exciting huh? well Love and misss you all. God Bless!
So here it is: i had to go get my trespaso finshed and paid for (the paperwork to put my car in my name) and get my car appraised and inspected to get insurance (which is still in process) so I asked one of the other missionaries here, as well as one of the brigade cordinators wife, to come along... so we could get those things done, have lunch together, and do whatever other things we needed to get done in the city together... the day was going good, got my appraisal done and heading for my trespaso when we see tons of traffic and what was causing it... a Protest, or demoonstration, (in spanish a manifestion) all these people protesting for Mel... i had time to make the comment to the 2 with me saying "man where is my camera" i have been wanting to get pics but never have my camera when i need it" about that time i look up and we were all blown away, because all you could see is 100's of people running right at us...then i realized why, TEAR GAS!!!! i saw the cans go flying and the gas start pouring out, I looked at Rachel who was driving and said we gotta get out of here thats tear gas coming at us ...God put us right where he wanted us to be for safety, cause where no one else could move car wise, we had no curb beside us and an open space enough for rachel to flip my car around and speed out of there...I was sooo relived to know how close we came to tear gas and scared , crazy people....so where heading over this bridge still getting away from all the demonstrators and tear gas, when we all thought we were out of it i rolled down my window cause we needed air, my a/c doesnt work , it was extremly hot, and due to all the adrenaline flowing through us we felt like we were gonna pass out due to the heat... right after i rollled my window down i relaized , that was a BIG mistake cause in came some of the tear gas....NOT FUN! it wasnt nearly as bad as it could have been cause i immediately rolled the windows up- but enough in the car to make our faces /eyes burn pretty badly....and scare me more then anything cause i know tear gas is horrible and painful, We went to one of the hardware stores to get out of the car for a little, hide from the protesters/traffic and make some phone calls, oh and use the bathroom . All i had to wipe off my face with was an antibacterial wipe which i had no clue if it would make things worse or better, but i burned so i had to try it... it helped a tad, i called momma to tell her and calm down some , and then afterwards we checked to see if there were protesters outside, we didnt see anymore so we decided we neeeded to go grab lunch, and finish up what we started off to do, since we were safe. Once i got home and was able to wash my face with cool water, the burning stopped. I was sooo thankful and happy God kept us safe and got us back to the mission house in 1 piece... It could have been so much worse, we saw people running, passing out, carring babies /kids that were crying or coughing due to the gas, all kinds of things . But all i can think of was even though we got some of the gas, we had a perfect place to turn around quick, a place to go into to make calls and hide, and a safe rest of the day in the city and back up the mountain.... As scary as it was and could have been more, God was there in the middle of it, protecting us all the way... It made for a very exciting, scary, and adventurous day in the city by far..And I got my trespaso , appraisal, and inspection done. YEAHHHHH! Now all i need is the insurance paperwork and everything for my car will be done completly (i hope...lol) anyways didnt want this to scare you, im perfectly safe, but I wanted to tell you of my adventures, and remind you to please keep praying for Honduras, they are in turmoil right now due to Mel...but just like God protecting us I know through prayers God can turn this country around too and get them out of this mess, but it's going to take time and lots of prayers. Well that was my crazy, fun , scary, adventure story! Hope everyone is doing great! Let me know what you thought of my story, exciting huh? well Love and misss you all. God Bless!
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