It's been a great week here in Honduras. We thoroughly enjoyed our visitors, the Strawderman family, VBS at the dump was a success, and we've had great success in our continuing ministries at the dump and bilingual school.
Yesterday as the Pirkles dropped the Strawderman family at the airport, we continued our schedule with the bilingual school and soccer games at the fields in the community of Lucinda. We started the day at the school by helping the sixth grades students memorize the Honduran National Anthem. Afterwards, we read one-on-one with third grade students. These times of working in small groups with students are my favorite because they allow us to build deeper relationships with the kids and enter into gospel-centered conversations.
After an afternoon of soccer, we joined the Pirkle kids for dinner at Letty's, a local restaurant near the hospital grounds. It was a great time of fellowship with them and another great chance for us to enjoy local cuisine. We capped off the night with a movie night in our living room.
Today we traveled to La Ceiba to do some shopping and grab lunch at the mall. We also planned an outreach for our time at the mall and printed off some Spanish versions of The Story. We divided our team into three groups and gave out internet cards with the link to The Story online. Each group had great encounters with both believers and non-believers. We even met a guy whose wife lives in South Carolina! Today was a great opportunity for us to be intentional with the gospel. J.C. was able to have a great conversation with a young believer and encourage him in his faith. Logan and Becca talked to two older women who were devout Catholics. I was able to talk to two young girls who were headed for college. When I shared the gospel with them, they said that it was familiar to them because of the bible classes they had in school. So I was able to encourage them, and leave them with a link to The Story. I'm really thankful we had this opportunity today.
Tonight, our guys are helping out with the last movie night in Rio Estaban and tomorrow we will be returning to one of the local churches we've attended. We are planning on spending the afternoon tie-dying t-shirts and going to the waterfall with Johnny, one of the kids from school.
Please pray for our time with Johnny tomorrow. We hope to spend the afternoon encouraging Johnny, teaching him about discipleship, and spurring him on to steadfastness in sharing the gospel with his friends and classmates.
Post by Kimberly Sherman
Pictures by Elizabeth Pirkle and Dan Strawderman
Yesterday as the Pirkles dropped the Strawderman family at the airport, we continued our schedule with the bilingual school and soccer games at the fields in the community of Lucinda. We started the day at the school by helping the sixth grades students memorize the Honduran National Anthem. Afterwards, we read one-on-one with third grade students. These times of working in small groups with students are my favorite because they allow us to build deeper relationships with the kids and enter into gospel-centered conversations.
After an afternoon of soccer, we joined the Pirkle kids for dinner at Letty's, a local restaurant near the hospital grounds. It was a great time of fellowship with them and another great chance for us to enjoy local cuisine. We capped off the night with a movie night in our living room.
Today we traveled to La Ceiba to do some shopping and grab lunch at the mall. We also planned an outreach for our time at the mall and printed off some Spanish versions of The Story. We divided our team into three groups and gave out internet cards with the link to The Story online. Each group had great encounters with both believers and non-believers. We even met a guy whose wife lives in South Carolina! Today was a great opportunity for us to be intentional with the gospel. J.C. was able to have a great conversation with a young believer and encourage him in his faith. Logan and Becca talked to two older women who were devout Catholics. I was able to talk to two young girls who were headed for college. When I shared the gospel with them, they said that it was familiar to them because of the bible classes they had in school. So I was able to encourage them, and leave them with a link to The Story. I'm really thankful we had this opportunity today.
Tonight, our guys are helping out with the last movie night in Rio Estaban and tomorrow we will be returning to one of the local churches we've attended. We are planning on spending the afternoon tie-dying t-shirts and going to the waterfall with Johnny, one of the kids from school.
Please pray for our time with Johnny tomorrow. We hope to spend the afternoon encouraging Johnny, teaching him about discipleship, and spurring him on to steadfastness in sharing the gospel with his friends and classmates.
Post by Kimberly Sherman
Pictures by Elizabeth Pirkle and Dan Strawderman
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