Sweet Sunday

Honduras. Day 33.

Well, yesterday, Saturday, we went to the fruit market in the morning and bought a ton of food that we took back to the warehouse and packaged up to distribute to families in the community outside of Valley of Angels. That was pretty awesome. I met some cool people from Terry Reaves' group, and met some awesome people there on the mountain too. This one lady named Marta came up to me when I was on the road by myself and said, "I NEED one of those bags," without even knowing what was in it. So I told her I'd follow her to her house (which, of course, she failed to mention was FAR, far away). When we got there, I opened the bag for her and showed her all of what was inside. I don't think I've someone glow that much in quite some time. That was pretty awesome.

Today, Sunday, I had a real cool "Lord's Day." We drove a couple hours out of Teguc towards San Pedro Sula to a massive waterfall and had "church" there with just the interns, AIMers, and Marc's family. Marc talked to us a little bit, really informally, and then we passed around tortillas and a jug of Welch's for the Lord's Supper (try getting away with that one back in the States!). Then we all talked about some of the things we had been studying ourselves lately. It was a really cool "church service."

And what we did next... was awesome.

The waterfall was set up almost like a water park. So we just spent the rest of the day there, swimming in the lakes around the waterfalls. Even better, there was a small waterfall that you could actually slide down. The first few times I slid down the easy way, and then I tried the adventurous-looking "water shoot" on the side of the slide. It was fast, and crazy-cool, but also full of rocks (I am still sore as anything as I type this several hours later). But all in all it was a great experience. The waterfall was BEAUTIFUL (look for Facebook pictures later), and it was just a blast to enjoy God's creation that way.

We went to a fresh fish restaurant after that. And I mean fresh. As in, it was on the side of a massive lake, from which they would drag the fish in and then put them straight into the frier (eyes, brains, fins, EVERYTHING). As weird as it was to eat a bass that was looking up at me, it was some of the best fish I've had in a long time. And it was a lot of fun just relaxing with everyone too. It was a long drive back, but we made it safe and sound. And, reflecting on the day, I thank God for His ability to bless me with creative Sabbaths like today.

:)