Well, nothing like being thrown right back into “real” life after spending 7 days without kids, TVs, computers, or a gas tank that sucks down an easy hundred bucks on one fill up. Of course we didn’t have hot, steamy showers or air conditioning either, but it didn’t seem to matter at the time.
Ever since we got home people have been asking about the trip. I just really don’t know what to say. It was almost surreal. Like I couldn’t quite grasp the reality of what I was seeing. How people in third world countries live and make due with what little resources they have. And how much they depend on Americans to help them because they truly have no other means of breaking their cycle of poverty.
Jeremy and I both were a bit disappointed in that we had hoped to hear God speak to us about the direction of our lives while we were there. It was something I prayed about faithfully in the months leading up to the trip. With our business in the shape that it’s in now, fighting against bankruptcy and wanting desperately to survive through this recession, we anticipated that by getting away from those stresses we would hear His voice clearly.
When that didn’t happen, we were a little bummed.
But seriously, how bummed can you stay when you are surrounded by hundreds of smiling little faces? The kids in Honduras are so beautiful! And they love to be loved on! And they can sing like there’s no tomorrow!!! It’s amazing.
Right now I’m trying to get my pictures downloaded before we go to my parent’s house for a Father’s Day cookout. I’m sure I will think of more to say about our trip later. I will definitely have to tell the tale from the night I was sleeping on the floor of a church out in the middle of nowhere and I felt something crawl down my arm! Yes…I can’t forget to tell that one.
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It is so good to have you back Jodi! I can not wait to hear more about your trip. These are hard times for many. We live in Southwest Florida, and every other house it seems has a foreclosure sign on it and folks including me and my husband are really struggling just to pay the electric bill and put food on the table! But you know what I keep reminding myself when I get paniced and overwhelmed by fear? God is still on His throne. He is Sovereign. And, I can trust Him!!!!!
Maybe God didn’t “speak” to you in the way you expected, but make no mistake. I’m sure this trip had an impact on your lives. It may just take a while for you to realize just what that impact is.
Can”t wait to see the pictures. God will speak to you in ways you might not have expected
now that you are back and can let the trip sink in. He probably already has and you just don’t
realize it!!
So glad to see you made it home!!! I’m looking forward to seeing some of those faces.
I bet God used Honduras to prepare your heart for what He’s going to tell you over the next few weeks.
Praying for you
steph.
I am not sure I want to hear the story about what was crawling on your arm…yikes! I am glad you guys are back and had a safe trip. I will contiune to pray that the Lord will speak to you, maybe it is just something He needed to prepare you for in your everyday life.