Early days....if you know me well, you know how much I hate getting up early. Believe it or not, my alarm clock was set for 4:45 AM. Isn't that a sin?
We are building a home for a lady whose current home lost a wall a few months ago when they had alot of rain. She was so very grateful and it was humbling to see her carrying 2 blocks at a time in order to start the building process of her house. She is a grandma by the way.
She layed the first block and we all prayed over their home before we started building. We managed to to get 5 layers of rock up, and the foundations poured for the bath houses. It was a very long day. We worked 8 hours laying block. I actually learned how to do it and am becoming pretty efficienty :) It's amazing what we can do on missions trips but don't get any ideas, I am not up to NC building code....yet. In Honduras, its all good.
Richard shared about Jesus with a group of kids today and one accepted Christ as his Savior. That's what it's all about!!
Every day on a mission trip is amazing. I wish I could bottle all this up and bring it to America to share but it is impossible. I have so much to share but the words just aren't coming tonight for some reason.
Prayer request:
team members
families at home
Honduran workers
People in the village
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Arriival day...
I can honestly say, this has probably been the longest day of my life. Started at 3 AM EST and now is 9 PM EST and still going strong. We are two hours behind so we are trying to stay up to get in the right time zone.
Flights from RDU and Miami were mostly uneventful. We did arrive in Tegucigalpa about 45 minutes late. We loaded up a van and truck and took off on a 3-1/2 hour ride to Choluteca, Honduras. It was a long drive, no room to stretch out, and very hot. We arrived at our home for the week safe and sound, and that is what is important.
We will be building a block home that will house 10 people that is about 19 x 25 feet. We are also working on building 3 shower houses that will provide clean shower water for this village, something they are without. What this will mean is long days in 90+ degree heat with very little shade, lots of water/Gatorade drinking, working on Saturday. WE are not able to accomplish this but with God, anything is possible. While working we have to remember that we cannot lose site of why we are here...the people and sharing Jesus love.
We are leaving for El Salvador on Tuesday, a day earlier than originally planned. We are all looking forward to going to El Salvador, meeting Mario and Flora's family, distributing wheelchairs, and spending some time witnessing.
Dinner tonight was awesome, authentic Honduran chicken tacos, which are wonderful. The entire time I'm eating, I'm thinking of James and how much he would love the food here :)
Prayer request:
Each member of the team
Honduran workers
Safety
Families at home
God moment: At RDU airport, James coming to the rescue of Mario, Flora, and Norma when they had a flat tire. If they had been a few minutes later, they would have missed their flight.
I am able to read email so feel free to email me at jlamberth@triad.rr.com or facebook me. It helps fight the homesickness hearing from home :)
Flights from RDU and Miami were mostly uneventful. We did arrive in Tegucigalpa about 45 minutes late. We loaded up a van and truck and took off on a 3-1/2 hour ride to Choluteca, Honduras. It was a long drive, no room to stretch out, and very hot. We arrived at our home for the week safe and sound, and that is what is important.
We will be building a block home that will house 10 people that is about 19 x 25 feet. We are also working on building 3 shower houses that will provide clean shower water for this village, something they are without. What this will mean is long days in 90+ degree heat with very little shade, lots of water/Gatorade drinking, working on Saturday. WE are not able to accomplish this but with God, anything is possible. While working we have to remember that we cannot lose site of why we are here...the people and sharing Jesus love.
We are leaving for El Salvador on Tuesday, a day earlier than originally planned. We are all looking forward to going to El Salvador, meeting Mario and Flora's family, distributing wheelchairs, and spending some time witnessing.
Dinner tonight was awesome, authentic Honduran chicken tacos, which are wonderful. The entire time I'm eating, I'm thinking of James and how much he would love the food here :)
Prayer request:
Each member of the team
Honduran workers
Safety
Families at home
God moment: At RDU airport, James coming to the rescue of Mario, Flora, and Norma when they had a flat tire. If they had been a few minutes later, they would have missed their flight.
I am able to read email so feel free to email me at jlamberth@triad.rr.com or facebook me. It helps fight the homesickness hearing from home :)
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Off again.....
Haven't posted in awhile and actually wish I had. The journey that got me to my next mission trip was interesting to say the least. It always amazes me that when God calls you do to something, He makes it possible. FAITH is a big word that I am slowly learning and hopefully gaining. Trying to go on a mission trip without church support isn't easy however it IS possible. Enough about that for now....
Tomorrow at 7 AM I will be leaving RDU heading to Choluteca, Honduras where I will be until June 6th. On June 6th, we will leave, by bus/van/car and drive to Santa Elena, El Salvador where we will be distributing wheelchairs to people who have been waiting for up to 7 years for one. June 9th, I will leave San Salvador, El Savador and fly back home to Raleigh by way of Miami.
Obviously this is a long trip, 10 days. I am missing my family already and I'm still home however I can't wait to share what God is doing in other countries and what their sacrifice has allowed me to do. I will *try* to update as much as possible from Honduras however I'm not sure if I'll have internet in El Salvador so it may not be possible.
Please keep our team in your prayers, I believe there are 12 of us altogether traveling.
Love this song below :)
Give me Your eyes for just one second
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me Your love for humanity
Give me Your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach
Give me Your heart for the ones forgotten
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Tomorrow at 7 AM I will be leaving RDU heading to Choluteca, Honduras where I will be until June 6th. On June 6th, we will leave, by bus/van/car and drive to Santa Elena, El Salvador where we will be distributing wheelchairs to people who have been waiting for up to 7 years for one. June 9th, I will leave San Salvador, El Savador and fly back home to Raleigh by way of Miami.
Obviously this is a long trip, 10 days. I am missing my family already and I'm still home however I can't wait to share what God is doing in other countries and what their sacrifice has allowed me to do. I will *try* to update as much as possible from Honduras however I'm not sure if I'll have internet in El Salvador so it may not be possible.
Please keep our team in your prayers, I believe there are 12 of us altogether traveling.
Love this song below :)
Give me Your eyes for just one second
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me Your love for humanity
Give me Your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach
Give me Your heart for the ones forgotten
Give me Your eyes so I can see
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