Sunday and Monday

Well, here it is Tuesday morning. The past two days were INCREDIBLE!!!! On Sunday, we got up early and headed out to Circa de Pedro for a morning church service. Circa de Pedro is about a 3 1/2 hour drive from Tegucigapa. Now let me tell you, when I say 3 1/2 hours, it is not just a lesiurly drive on flat highway. It is a very beautiful mountinous two lane road where tractor trailers routinely are passing each other and cars are often running three wide. When we arrived at Circa de Pedro, we attended the church service of the church that Jim and Francis planted. Church was an incredible experience. Even though we all didn't speak the same language, it did not matter because we all were worshiping the same God and that was Glorious! Dale gave a great sermon, which was translated to the locals, and Cindy, Jenniferand the girls all conducted a Sunday School class. I think that it is safe to say the we all had a wonderful time and learned a lot.



After church we head to La Fortunita to participate in another service. La Fortunita is a small community without any running water or electricity. This service was a little different as we conducted it outside in a small group setting. Once again, language was not a problem as we all enjoyed worshiping our God together. After service, we stayed and visited with the people and passed out soccer balls.....which usually starts a small riot :) The kids love soccer and we passed out over 25 balls the past two days which made many people happy.



We stayed at a local inn in Circa de Pedro on Sunday night and on Monday morning we headed back out to La Fortunita to run a medical clincic. The medical clinic was a very rewarding experience for all. We treated over 150 people from several small communities in the area. We had paitients as young as 2 months to as old and 79. It was wonderful being able to help so many. During the time that we were conducting the medical clinic, the girls did an wonderful job of teaching the local children and playing with them.



I think that these past two days will be an experience that we will all remember forever. We made so many new friends, worshiped our God together, and were reminded that we are all just people who want many of the same things in this world....we just happen to live about 2100 miles apart.

We will post pictures later tonight.

Darren