SLINK Honduras: Hot and Rainy

We made it!  After numerous hours of travel we finally arrived in Balfate.  On the plane there were two different teams from other parts of the USA going down to Honduras to serve for a week.  Most of them were doing medical things like passing out medication and pulling teeth so they were shocked to hear that we were going to be here for six weeks.  The plane ride was only three hours and we got to see some beautiful sites along the way. The water was so beautiful when we flew over it!!  We just wanted to jump out of the plane and go for a swim.

(and yes that is how blue the water is!)

The mission groups were pretty big so none of us really got to sit together on the plane, but we sure got real close on the ride from San Pedro Sula to the hospital!!!

Since we have been here we have been working with children a whole lot.  Half of our time we have been teaching English to a group of kids in the community.  It is a smaller class so even after we leave the Pirkles will still have influence in their lives.  They will continue to speak the Gospel to them after we leave, and teach them some more English.  It is such a joy to be around these kids and teach them; even though its only been a week we have developed relationships with them and they ran up to great us this morning.  

Even though most of our team are not Spanish speakers we have definitely gotten better over the few days that we've been here.  The weather is very much different than the United States.  You think South Carolina is hot and humid...Honduras is way hotter and humid all the time, haha.  We have had the benefit of rain every day that we've been here...which is apparently rare for this time of year in Honduras, but hey...we'll take all that we can get!  

We are continually excited and glad that we get to share the Gospel con los hijos.  Dios es bueno! Continue to pray that the Lord will open doors for the Gospel despite any language barriers.  

Blog by Zach Shuba