First day!

Well this isn't going to be too long but we made it to Honduras and our first day of camp. The children were absolutely adorable and we enjoyed ourselves probably as much as they enjoyed being there. 

I'll include a picture or two but I'll save most for when I return. Wifi is a bit limited. I'll try to update a little as much as I can. Thanks for praying!!

Almost ready!

I am writing to you from my cell phone app this evening to see what it will be like in Honduras. So far so good. 

Well, I head out on my trip in approximately 36 hours. Craziness. I cannot believe it has arrived so quickly. It seems as if it was just a few weeks ago that I was filling out the application and praying about if this was the right trip for me.  And now here it is!

We fly out of BWI on Saturday morning and land in San Pedro Sula Saturday evening. The place we are staying is about an hour and a half from the airport.  Sunday will be our first day at the camp and our first real experience in Honduras. To say I am excited is an understatement. It's taken a while to get to this place, but ready or not, we'll be off shortly! 

I have never been good at packing. It is not a strength of mine. Currently I have things all over my bed and room waiting to be strategically arranged in one large suitcase and one carry on. We shall see how well it goes. I need to do one more load of laundry and then I think I will have everything I need. I spent about 2 hours today running around to various stores to pick up last minute items to either take for myself or for the hundreds of children we will be meeting. Now to just fit it all in my luggage. 

I wanted to take a quick second before I go and finish my preparations to say that I appreciate every one of you who is reading this and praying for our team. You are just as important to this trip as the members of our team. Your support is making this possible. So thank you!

I will try to update this as frequently as possible throughout the trip. Feel free to post questions or comments and I will try to answer them in the next post. 

Well, as I've clearly described, I have lots of packing left to do before I go, so this is farewell for now. Thanks again for your thoughts and prayers! 

Praise and Prayers!

Hello!

So I have exciting praises to report! Our team for Honduras is FULLY FUNDED!! We had a fundraiser at Isaac's Deli last Sunday and raised over $400! That in combination with the gracious gifts of friends and family, each of our team members now has their trip fully paid for. Praise God! Thanks to everyone who has supported us both financially and prayerfully!

Which leads me to the next part of this post: Prayer.
With our trip only 2 weeks away (yikes! so exciting!) I would love if you would partner with us and commit to praying for our team as we are working and ministering in Honduras. As I wrote in my last post, we will be working with Kids Ark International, a camp for the children in Honduras. We will be doing a skit of Jesus feeding the 5000, singing a couple songs in Spanish (or should I say attempting to sing), and helping overall with the daily routine of camp. We will be passing out clothing, food, toys and lots of love. We will also be spending some time in schools and a local orphanage doing similar activities.

Here are some ways you can pray for us:
- Safety of travel to and from the country and our daily trip to camp
- Meshing and working as a team throughout the week
- Mental, physical and emotional health for our team throughout our time in Honduras
- For God's love to flow in us and through us as we work and minister to the people of Honduras
- For us to allow God to work in our lives and wreck our world for the nation of Honduras
one last one (I know it sounds ridiculous, but I'm actually slightly concerned)
- That the mosquitoes would not find me delicious (aka, very few bug bites please!)

We've been preparing and praying for our time abroad and we're so excited! Hopefully I will be able to post regular updates while we are there. I am excited to share this experience with you all. Your support has helped me take this step. I am excited for you to experience it with me!

So you have some faces to pray for:

 

 And a goofy one to show off our personalities:

Again, thanks so much for all of your support! Keep checking back for updates!