The Journey Into Honduras

We made it to Honduras after delays in Raleigh had all of us rushing through Atlanta’s airport. The guy at the check in desk said, “I was giving you six more minutes,” as Jennifer Sykes and a couple of other stragglers approached to board but we all made it!

Once aboard we all settled in for a nice flight across the Gulf and the Caribbean ending in an abrupt stop as we touched down in Tegucigalpa. That’s the shortest runway I’ve ever landed on and I think each of us had a silent moment of praise for the safe landing and thanks to God for providing us a capable pilot.

After landing we navigated immigration, baggage claim and customs and found a large group of Honduran friends waiting for us as we exited into the airport. There were lots of hellos and hugging and introductions for old friends and new.

From the airport we made our way to Lydia’s guest house where we were greeted with a lunch of sandwiches, fresh watermelon, pineapple and delicious homemade lemonade. After a prayer blessing the meal and thanking God for our safe journey we all enjoyed the fellowship of a good meal.

After lunch there was a lot of preparing and arranging of the various projects we brought with us. There were boxes of baby blankets, canes for the blind, soap, toothbrushes, shampoo, craft items and the list goes on and on. As Jennifer Sykes directed everyone, the different projects took shape. We’re going to have a busy week of bringing God’s word to the people of Honduras through various programs and fellowship.

As the afternoon finished we enjoyed a supper of lasagna, fresh salad, and bread followed by some chocolate cake. After supper we found out what all of the soap, toothbrushes and shampoo was for. We put together over 250 care bags with various personal hygiene items which will be given out to the guests at the banquet for the blind tomorrow night at Communion Church.

We finished the day with a devotional by Chip Phillips that included an inspirational presentation with pictures from the 2008 mission. The group touched so many lives and we hope to reach out to even more people this year.

Thank you for keeping us and the people of Honduras in your prayers during our mission.