Bob Leads Devotions

I woke up this morning to the 2nd of Dad's emails to me.  I don't know that my dad has emailed me before while I've been down here in Honduras.  It was really fun to read his version of what was going on up in the States and to get a detailed description of the sports events for Noah & Kaylyn.

I headed to the small girls' circle this morning and led devotions there.  After devotions, we served breakfast to the small girls and headed back to the team house to eat breakfast there.  A man on the MD team named John wanted me to take him to the school at 9am to talk to Robert (the principal) about teaching a lesson in Algebra this week.  He seemed anxious to get there right at 9am - as are most Americans who are concerned about being punctual.  There is another climate down here in Latin American countries when it comes to time.  We did make it to the school around 9:03, only to find out that Robert was in Tegucigalpa for the day!  That didn't surprise me, but we talked to one of the instructors at the high school and made arrangements with Profe Ramon for John to teach on Wednesday.  He doesn't speak Spanish, so I would come in to translate.

Bob & Nate spent the morning painting in the medium girls kitchen.  The wall above the stove is completely black with smoke.  It turned out to be a nice blue.  I visited with Michell (girl on right of picture below) for a bit while she was washing dishes.  This is the typical way they wash dishes...so you'll notice a basin of water and a washboard outside, all made of cement.

After lunch, many of us went to the special needs yard for a few hours to play with those children and when I saw Elvia in the school, I stopped by to say "hi" to her!

This afternoon Bob led devotions with the big boys.  What was most interesting was that the morning circle devotions led right in to Bob's devotions.  In the morning, the boys learned about the wide road and the narrow road...and that the wide road was easy and full of temptations and sin, but the narrow road is the ONLY road that leads to Jesus and although it's a much, much more difficult road to travel, this is the one that Jesus wants us on.  Bob took that idea and added to it that the only way these boys will be "men" (Men of God) is to choose that narrow road.  He gave many examples of what it is to be a man and challenged the boys to take that narrow path.

Nate chatting with the MD team

After devotions, I headed to the big girls' house to chat for a bit with Doris before heading up to the Team House for supper, followed by our nightly team meeting.