July 8th-Day 30
Friday we had our Finale, our final VBS. Skit 2 was arguably our best skit but skit 3 was definitely the funniest one we were able to do. We started at 9 again and the kids were already waiting when the bus pulled up. The skit went wonderful again. A few of us were sick and we were all tired but we put together one more great performance for the kids. Jorden, Chris and I had the 1st graders again today for their craft, snack and game. I've had a blast doing these VBS and it's sad that this is the last one. But at 11 it was time for us to go. We said goodbye to the kids so they could continue school and we headed back kto the hotel for a few hours. We had a few hours to eat lunch and take a nap, at least that's what I did, and then at 2:30 we loaded up to go to an orphanage in the city. The orphanage had babies and toddlers that we got to spend about an hour and a half with. Some of them were a little shy at first but quickly warmed up to us. We took them outside to their playground and they had a blast. From pushing them on their tricycles to helping them swing, I think we were all glad we got to go. The only bad part was when we had to leave. We had to just leave them there as they sat and cried. It didn't mater if you went back for a second to get them to stop crying and say bye again, as soon as you turned to walk off they would cry again. We then went back to the hotel for about an hour before heading out to a pizza place called Weekends Pizza. I was pretty hungry so naturally it was the best pizza in the world. We were then able to go to a graduation at the church. The have a graduation for the people who complete the let's start talking program. After that I headed to bed.
July 9th-Day 31
Saturday we got up, ate breakfast and loaded up the bus by 8:30 to head to the Copan Ruins. I had been looking forward to this since I heard we were going and boy was it awesome. I absolutely love history and learning about past civilizations so this was right up my ally. We made it to the ruins about 11 and after getting a tour guide we started our walk through time. To see buildings and temples that are a couple thousand years old was incredible. We were able to stand at the foot of a massive staircase where at the top thousands of people had been sacrificed. We were able to go up where the king would sit and watch sporting events. We got to see the ruins of the palace and the tomb of the last King of Copan. It was all incredible. I would loved to have been able to see that place back when it was thriving. Only a fraction of the ruins in the area have been excavated so there is still a ton more to be found. After we left the ruins, about 3ish, we drove on over to San Pedro for the night. A 3 hour bus ride and we were at the hotel for night.
July 10th-Day 32
Yesterday we slept in till about 10 and had to be checked out of our rooms by 11. We then went to the mall and hung out all day. The Minions were flying out at 1:15 this morning, Monday morning, so this was the last day the interns would have together. We got to see Transformers 3, in english woot woot and for only $3.50. That was great. I'm not sure what I like more, the movie or the $3.50 price. We then just hung around for a while, ate dinner and waited until 8 which is when we were leaving for the airport. We dropped them off about 9 at the airport so they could get all checked in. I then road back to the hotel with Guillermo and we spent the night at the hotel again.
July 11th-Day 33
This morning we had to be up at 4 so that we could get a couple of ladies to the airport by 5 to get checked in to their flight. After that Guillermo and I headed back to Teguc. I got to see the sunrise over the mountains this morning just outside of San Pedro which was awesome but sucked that I was by myself. I wish the interns had a little more time here. We made it back to the airport in Teguc about 10 and I met up with Jenna Hostettler who was with her group as they were flying out. She'll be staying to work with our group from home as well. So we waited there until the lady we are staying with made it to the airport to get us which was about noon. Until Thursday Jenna and I will be staying with Jenn Wright here in Teguc. I just met her today at the airport so I have no clue what we will be doing yet. Hopefully a lot of sleep is in my near future. Once we made it back to her house and had lunch, I sat down on the bed and set my alarm to wake me up in an hour and a half...So I woke up 4 hours later and realized the sound on my ipod was muted. So I've been up a little while now and haven't really done a whole lot today. So I'm back in Teguc and hopefully done with bus rides for a couple of weeks. It seems like most of our time has been on a bus as of late. It's crazy how much a bus ride will wear you down. But it's time to get geared up for one more 10 day action packed adventure. 4 days from now we'll be right back at it, building houses, giving out food, going to orphanages, to the hospital, working out at Mololoa, having medical clinics and a whole lot more. I just found out that we are going to be building 2 houses a day on Saturday, and Monday and Tuesday of next week. It'll be here before you know it.
I picked the name A Part of His Mission for the blog because that's what we have been the past few weeks, A PART of His Mission. The Minions have been able to work with the Church in Buenos Aires, Costa Rica; Nidiri, Nicaragua; Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Nacaome, Honduras; Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras. We have seen many parts of God's mission in many different places. We have met incredible people who do not speak our language nor do we speak theirs, incredible people who suffer injustices, hunger, poverty, homelessness and through it all they have devoted themselves to God's mission. We have been extremely blessed to just be a small part of all the ministries that we have been able to work with. God's mission is so large and complex that we can't wrap our minds around it. We just have to be willing to do our part, to play our role in is His mission. We have to be willing to sacrifice some of our plans to follow the plans that God has laid out for us. The Minions have done that over the past 33 days. Giving up a large portion of our summer, sacrificing time with family and friends, wearing ourselves out mentally, emotionally and physically all to be a part of God's overall mission. We have grown soo close over the past month that it was hard to say goodbye. Terry has been using the analogy of the breaking of the fellowship of the ring from Lord of The Rings and that is a perfect analogy. This morning as we got to the airport, we unloaded the bus quickly and said quick goodbye's as they headed inside and I headed back to the hotel with Guillermo. It was such a quick goodbye that it really didn't sink in until I was heading back to Teguc this morning with just Guillermo. The past month has been incredible and I couldn't have asked for a better group of people to have gone on this trip with. I know that some of you guys are reading this and I just want to say Thank You for an incredible trip. It has been amazing and I hate that it has had to come to an end. From facebook post I've seen that the breaking of the fellowship is almost complete. As people are getting home they are posting it on FB so it's nice to see that so far they have all made it home safely. It sucks to say goodbye and to know that I won't be with that amazing group of people here again, maybe a few here and there but as a whole it will be hard to all be together again. Terry assembled a great group for this trip and I can't possibly say thank you to him enough for allowing me to be a part of the minions. But as it is in the Lord of The Rings, you have to move on. The group from home will be here on Friday and it'll be great to see friends from back home who I haven't seen in a month and to meet the new people from Mayesville Church of Christ in Alabama. I still have just over 2 weeks to go and if the next couple of weeks are just a fraction as awesome as the last month with the minions has been then it'll be a great end to this trip. Kennedy, Katia, Tatiana, Paige, Macy, Kathryn, Leah, Ashley, Brandy, Jorden, Tyler, Pat, Andrew, Joe, Minor, Brandon, Chris, and most of all Terry, Thank you for an incredible summer.
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