Greetings from the Honduras Team on this wonderful Tuesday evening. After a wonderful breakfast of eggs, toast, and beans made by the angel Saundra, it was time to head out for the day.
Our first stop was Valley of the Angels. Valley of the Angels is a community with lots of little shops and restaurants. This is where our team was able to purchase those tangible memories to bring back to the States for ourselves and our loved ones.
Once we arrived at the Valley of the Angels, we got a wonderful surprise. The "brothers" met up with our team to spend a few quality filled days helping us and allowing us to enjoy their company. The brothers were first met at Casa de Esperanza a few years ago and have since been passed back and forth between there and their parents house. Although they have been through so much, their attitudes and ability to help out and pay attention speaks numbers about those individuals who have helped to form them into the men they are.
For those of us who met the boys for the first time, it was almost as if we had known them for quite a while. It was an instant "click" and didn't take long for them to be hanging all over us, hugging us, and just spending the day loving us.
Leaving Valley of the Angels, we headed off to pass out the clothes you all helped to donate at Nuevo Oriental. Through a great team effort, we were able to raise over 1200 Limps. Each person who came into the donation center was able to pick 10 items for 20 Limps (basically $1). Normally the proceeds would go back to the donation center to help pay for food, clothes, or other necessities to help keep them going. Since the money has been raised to keep them afloat for the rest of the year, we decided it would be best to give the money to the four workers. These wonderful ladies sacrifice their time and lives to help some of the poorest of the poor and in return earn hardly any money. Each lady received about $16, which to us would be hardly anything. The thanks they gave and the look on their faces when they realized the money was for them was nothing but a humbling experience.
After the Valley of the Angels, we headed off to one of the largest Basilicas in all of Honduras. This church was incredible in size and detail. We were able to snap lots of photos and best of all, we were able to be the first team to go up on top of the Basilica! We got to walk around the edge of the balcony used and look down at this beautiful creation. Our team snapped lots of photos, so be sure to ask someone to check them out!
After dinner and a little R & R, we headed out to the Seminary where we met up with some local Honduran folk to play a few games of soccer. If you have ever seen any of them play soccer, you'd be amazed! It took us quite a few games, but we were finally able to score on them! And also, Steve Carter decided it was best to score on his own team because he wanted to score and felt that was his best shot!
After a few hours of sweating our butts off burning some more calories, it was time to head back home to end the evening. We had praise and worship then devotions. After devotions came a special celebration.
Today is the birthday of one of our team members--Nathan "Coz" Cozzens. In order to celebrate his birthday and also the birthday of Eric Somerville (later this week), we had some amazing cake. Happy 27th Birthday Coz!
Well, that about wraps up our Tuesday in Honduras. Tomorrow is going to be one busy day so its time to finally get to sleep! Buenos Noches from the team! Keep up those prayers and thanks again for all the financial, emotional, and spiritual support you have provided!
-Eric Orlando
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