Sunday, July 13, 2008

A Rockin' Sunday

Honduras. Day 46.

As I write this, I am STILL excited about what a great day I had today!

I slept in until about 8:00 this morning. Marc said I could have slept in until 9:00 while he went and brought the TORCH group to Santa Ana for church and Terri and Andrea were running early morning errands in town; but once I found out that I had the house to myself, it didn't take long for me to pop out of bed and make myself some killer breakfast burritos. After feasting on those, I got to take my time getting ready for church. I read some from Psalms and enjoyed some coffee, and then made me way over to the church building.

The TORCH group was late because the bus apparently got stuck leaving Julio's, but they eventually made it there just a little ways into the sermon. I actually undestood the sermon today, which felt awesome to be able to do in and of itself, but it was also a very good sermon on what it really looks like to be a family in Christ. After church, we played with the kids at Casa for a little while, and then loaded up and went to Carnita's for lunch.

After Carnita's we made the long bus ride to Valley of Angels. I stuck with the TORCH group today instead of hanging out with the other interns, and I really felt like I got to connect with a bunch of people in the group. This group is really nice, and I enjoyed spending time with them, even in the "ultra touristy" Valley. But I have to admit, I did the tourist thing myself today and actually bought something: a small guitar with a hand-carved illustration of a Honduran village on the front. It was listed as 1400 lempiras, but I got the guy down to 900 (can't beat that price; you know you bargained well when the guy has to go ask his wife if they can sell it for that cheap, haha). Then we got back on the bus and went to Santa Lucia to a cool little local coffee shop area. Again, I just hung out with the TORCHers there and got to know them better. They're a younger group, but they're hilarious. And all the adults are just as friendly too.

We met up with Tom Beech's TORCH group for devo in the Catholic church there in Santa Lucia, and I have to tell you: it's been a long time since I experienced worship to God that intense. Everyone was really singing out, and it was like I was just getting to pour out my soul before the Father. And when we started singing more upbeat songs (like "I Belong to Jesus"), everyone was smiling and just so excited that when we'd finish, no one could help but break out into applause. It was a huge spiritual booster.

I had an awesome day in Hondo today.

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