Monday and Tuesday were BIG days for us here on 1844 Mary Lane. There have been a lot of "coincidences" happening with the Harmon family this week so far. Although I have not mentioned any of these "coincidences" on my blog, there is ONE friend who is dear to my heart who knows what I'm talking about. This morning was no different in terms of God (NOT coincidence) stepping in once again at the right time...
I remember Kim (a long-term volunteer down at Orphanage Emmanuel) reading the following passage to us last year as one of our devotions together:
We have different gifts, according to the grace given us.
If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith.
If it is serving, let him serve;
if it is teaching, let him teach;
if it is encouraging, let him encourage;
if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously;
if it is leadership, let him govern diligently;
if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.
Romans 12:6-8
I mentioned our gifts on Monday in my blog, and here it is again...God putting His exact words onto my heart this morning as I am reading my One-Year Bible for July 29th. And now I share them with you...so, I ask once again...
How are you using your gifts?This morning I woke up early to send out an email to friends and family about my online journaling (this blog) as well as Andrés' blog. His website is
http://emmanuelexperience.blogspot.com/ and he will share with you a (most likely) very different experience since it'll be from a teenager's point of view. Enjoy keeping up with both to paint a complete picture of our trip.
After sending out the mass email this morning, I found out that our flight times had been pushed up 9 hours due to the national curfew in Honduras. So instead of our flight out of Chicago departing at 6:20pm, Andrés and Jen will not be able to sleep in next Tuesday, because the flight heads out at 9:50am. We were planning on arriving into Honduras just after midnight, and spending about 4 hours at the airport before heading to the bus that would take us to Tegus. Since our new flight will arrive around 6pm to Honduras, I had to arrange for an overnight stay in San Pedro Sula before heading out Wednesday morning for Tegus.
This evening after my night class at FVTC, I came home to a very pleasant phone call from Blanca, one of the owners of the bed & breakfast we'll be staying at in San Pedro Sula. Her husband will be picking us up from the airport to take us to their place. She was SO nice, I can see how their establishment has received such great reviews regarding their hospitality!
After talking with Blanca, I decided that I'd better call the hotel in Tegus to confirm our reservations for Wednesday & Thursday next week. They were extremely pleasant as well. This hotel is connected to the bus line that will be transporting us from San Pedro Sula to the capital, so I asked about the news reports we've been hearing of road blocks between the major cities. He admitted that the bus line was affected in early July but assured me that the roadblocks have moved to the southern part of Honduras now and were no longer an issue.
I am getting more excited with each day, yet very much valuing the time I have left with Alina, Noah & Kaylyn (and of course, my wonderful husband Bob).