Closing
Thoughts from Dave
As
I’ve had a week to reflect on our time in Honduras, I wanted to share with you
some things about our experience:
1.
The
group worked incredibly hard on our project of building a house for
Victoria. We also ended the week as
better friends then we began.
2.
We
did not get the house completed. . .BUT God provided enough funds for us to pay
a local Honduran crew to work with Dago and a few volunteers to finish it. They
should be done in 2-3 weeks.
3.
We
were all blessed by Victoria’s humble, thankful heart.
4.
We
were blessed by meeting people in the neighborhood where we were working. We
took 15 families from Victoria’s neighborhood groceries.
5.
We
continue to pray for little Jefferson, a couple week old baby who was born with
physical defects, including a severe cleft palette. He is scheduled for surgery
in a couple weeks, when a volunteer team of surgeons comes. He is not able to get nutrition, so we ask
you to pry that he can get the nutrition he needs to make it to mid-February.
And also pray for his 17 year old mother, Rosie.
6.
We’re
thankful for the kids at the Home, who we’ve seen grow up and that they
continue to grow in their faith.
7.
We’re
thankful that the Bilingual School, which has been a dream, is coming to
fruition and is hopefully opening next month
8.
We’re
thankful for our hosts, Dago and Dilia, and for their kingdom investment in
their community, the kids at the Home, and in each of us as we are there for
the week.
9.
Each
year we are blessed by Marianna’s taking care of our physical needs(food). And
Alex (her husband) not only doing anything that needs to be done, but making us
laugh while he does it.
10.
Finally,
we’re thankful for each of you. We’re blessed by your prayers as we prepared to
go, while we were in Honduras, and as we returned to our regular lives.
Actually, I hope our regular lives aren’t regular any more. I hope our
experience helps us be more aware of the needs of people around us each day. I
also hope our experience draws us closer in our relationship with our Savior,
who desires intimacy with each of us, every day.
Thank you all for following our blog this year
and for your support.
God Bless, Dave O’Byrne
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