Missing my second Home

Many people have the mind set that after a certain period of time, everything feels normal again. You forget things and move on in life. We fill our lives with so much "stuff" that we don't take the time to reflect on those in our past, in our future, and in our present.
After hearing that Walter won't be able to come to the States right now because of the political unrest in Honduras, I've missed that country more than ever. After looking through pictures of my little kids in Honduras and the friends....more like family, whom I've made over the years in Honduras, homesick for Honduras is an understatement. More than ever I just want to pick up a little, dirty, skinny,adorable child to hug on them, I want to be able make a housekeeper at Hotel Clarion smile by simply saying "buenas dias", I want to see the smile of a family who is getting the gift of food/clothing, I want to hear spanish everywhere I go, I want to see how God is using those in poverty to spread his love. I miss their compassion.
 Please be praying that things will get back to normal in Honduras very soon, as well as the safety of everyone there!

Honduras House Build 2009

Beautiful Emely:)

Honduran friends who worked on the house

Some of the crew!

This summer has brought many changes, both positive and negative, one of the biggest disappointments was not be able to travel to Honduras. Because of the political unrest in the country, many of you know that we had to make the decision to cancel our annual mission trip. It didn't seem like anything good could happen out of cancelling this trip however God really knows how to make things happen threw any obstacle. Our mission team decided to send down enough money for our Honduran friends to build a house for a family in desperate need. My dad talked to Walter Goodwin the last week of August to find out that they had the house done! Below is the email sent out by my dad,

"Walter left a message today that they completed the house late Wednesday! They wrapped it up by having a devotional with the family who were very happy and appreciative to our Brigade for helping them out. Photos of the project should be coming soon.

Walter said all of the workers did a great job and that they had a great time working and serving together. I think it also helped to build some teamwork among our Honduran friends from 'different' places.

In fact, they celebrated the build by having the much anticipated rematch between Felipe's and Walter's soccer teams. Walter said they are getting better and that Felipe's team only beat them by two points this time around! (instead of the 20+ points they beat them by last year.)"

God Bless,

Kenny

As some of you may know, I have been pretty homesick throughout the first few weeks at Lipscomb University in Nashville,TN however I think I'm becoming more homesick for Honduras than my home in Ohio! It has been so difficult to not be able to see our family in Honduras but it is even more difficult to think about all the people who aren't getting medical care, food supplies, daily need items, or the exposure to God because of many mission teams not being able to travel to Honduras this summer. However, it has been awesome to see how God has worked out certain situations such as a house getting built amongst all the disappointment.

We serve an amazing God and I'm beginning to see that instead of trying to plan everything out on my time and expecting God to follow my lead, if I step back and let God go first, He will make things happen for the good in His time:)

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More pictures soon:)

Only 4 Months..

In four short months our mission team will be leaving for yet another life changing trip to Tegucigalpa, Honduras. There aren't even enough words to describe how anxious I am getting to go back home to Honduras. Last year I had the opportunity to fly over by myself in order to work out of Casa de Esperanza as well as spend time with some of my family over there. Needless to say, I have been having an extremely rough last couple weeks. It is very disappointing not be getting packed right now in order to leave. Although, July will be here before I know it. Every time I walk past a picture in my room of my little kids in Honduras, my heart aches for them. I have to stop and ask myself, why am I drowning in my weaknesses when these kids have literally...nothing. Their daily job is to beg on the busy streets of Tegucigalpa, in order to have food for their families to eat. Many of these people don't have enough clothes in order to wear a clean outfit everyday even. But, I am concerned that I might have just worn the same outfit last week sometime. It is sad that myself, as well as many others get caught up in the material world and tend to forget to thank God for the blessing that he has given to us. One thing that has really impressed me about the Hondurans is the faith and strength which they have in God. They rely on God to get them through because they can't even afford to buy the "material attractions" that distract us. Although the economy is tight and jobs are being lost, don't lose hope! God has told us that he will not given us anything that he knows we cannot handle. Please take time today to pray for all the Hondurans, our mission team as we get ready for our trip, and all those who have/need hope in God.