A Long Monday

Honduras. Day 13 (Monday).

Yesterday was really a tough day. There was a lot of bickering and fighting between some of the AIMers, and it was spilling tension over into everything that we did. By the time we got to Sector Ocho to wait for Louis, Milton, and David to help us with the build site, not many people were talking to each other. It was absolutely ridiculous. Karis and Nolan had to run to town and I had to stay behind with all of the "silent treatment." But I just sat there, thought about it, thought about how Satan was using our arguments to attack us, and decided that I was not going to let anything or anyone else bring down my ability to minister to these people on this mountain.

So I prayed.

And when I said, "Amen," I got up and tried my hardest to answer that prayer for myself. I went out and started playing with the kids. And that became quite an experience. I met fifty or more children today (even picked up a couple of little girlfriends, Danella, Pamella, Josilyn, and Mirari). My name is real tough to pronounce in Spanish, and once all of the kids found out that Milton's nickname for me in Spanish was, "Aroz," (which translates, "Rice"), the kids thought it was hilarious and EVERYWHERE I would go, the kids would shout, "Aroz! Aroz!" And I played soccer with a bunch of the boys in the town, and made quite a few friends through that (I also almost had a heart attack; they are hard to keep up with!).

So even though one of the houses we had to start for one of the TORCH groups was a sui-site where we had to haul wood, literally, straight up a mountain (it was quite the work out), and even though the other house crew... well, let's just say they really messed up their house... and even though there was so much bickering between some of the AIMers, I pressed on trying to smile and minister and serve. And the more I tried, the more Spirit God gave me to try harder and do it better. So even though it was a long Monday, filled with a ton of rough spots, it was a very, very good day in Honduras.