Well. It's day 30 of my being here in Honduras. One third of my internship is already complete, and frankly, it's hard to imagine leaving. I really enjoy being here. Much fewer distractions between God and I, feeling like I'm starting to get a grasp on speaking the language, building relationships, getting to know my way around the small town of Ojojona. It's hard to imagine coming home.
I want to give you a rundown of the weekly schedule, so that you know the things that rarely change.
Monday: Young adult study in the evening around 4:30. We normally play a game of Uno, then bible study, followed by tea.
Tuesday: Guitar class at 2:30. Jon is teaching some of the newer kids chords and songs. I'm teaching some of the more experienced kids (that could lead worship) more intricate things like hammer-on's, pull-off's, some songs using those techniques, and some practice exercises to build up speed and strength in their fingers.
Wednesday: Soccer practice from 9:30 to about 12:30 sometimes later. Then we bring about 5 of the kids back to the ranch for lunch and a more personal bible study.
Thursday: In the morning some of the kids from the orphanage (children's home is more polite) come and help out with the horses: learning to clean up their stalls, feed and take basic care of them. As they come more, we will do more with them.
Friday: Children's church in the morning. We incorporate a game and try to have it correspond with the teaching.
Saturday: Soccer game in the morning. Often times we don't get back to the ranch until around 2 or 3 in the afternoon.
Sunday: Day of rest. Every other week we go into Teguc(igalpa) to an English-speaking service at 4 pm.
Each of these activities contain a bible study. Children's church also includes worship.
Yesterday (Thursday) when the children from the children's home (Rosa, Anna, Bryon, and Antonio) helped take care of the horse and goat stalls. Afterward we took Zoeva (the mother horse) and had the kids lead her for a barrel race. There was no riding, we want the kids to get used to being around the horses, and to gain confidence with them, first. We ended up having each of us (the four kids, Jon, Mare, and I) lead the horses around the cones we had set up. The first ttime just to get used to it, the second time (and sometimes third time) were timed for a race. I ended up beating out even Mare at 24 seconds. She initially had a time of 25, with a 5 second penalty bringing her time to 30 seconds. Tehe. If you're a horse person and wondering why it took so long, Zoeva did NOT want to run, Hahaha.
The leadership at the children's home even decided they wanted Bryon and Antonio to be on the soccer team! Praise the Lord! I look forward greatly to getting to know these two. They speak pretty good English because missionaries often stay there. Unfortunately many missionaries don't have wisdom in not just giving things to kids, so there may be issues of selfishness and "give me this" or "give me that." Pray for wisdom for us in how to deal with these issues if and when they arise. Also pray for missionaries around the world to have wisdom in what they give to people or children.
Today we had Rick and Kim Beck (last Thursday we had them over for lunch to get to know them. They seem to have a vision very similar to the Beard's for working with horses, but their vision is for something closer to Teguc, so PLEASE pray for wisdom and provision as to how we can work together), a couple from Memphis who work with kids in Teguc, bring a group to help with the crafts we did after children's church. For Christmas we are having the kids that we minister to make some crafts for their family for Christmas. We will also be giving out some gift baskets to families who really need it, and showing "The Nativity Story" to some of the locals. Pray for wisdom in how to prepare for all these things. It's very busy at the house right now with these things.
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