Honduras - Day 3

So after two intense days of working in the heat we got to take our day of rest. They let us sleep in so we had a slow morning getting up. Me, Chelsea and Laura shared a hotel room and we were on the west side of the building so the sun didn't shine through our window in the morning, so we never wanted to get up. We quickly ate our breakfast and we loaded up into the vans. This morning we are going to the Jesus statue for worship. Up in the hills around Tegucigalpa is a Jesus statue that is holding his hands out. It is such an amazing thing to look up and see Jesus every morning. When we got up the mountain we found that the Jesus statue is in the middle of a beautiful park. The view was absolutely breathtaking. As we looked for a place to sit down and have worship we noticed many other groups of people that were singing songs and having services. We finally found a nice place in the shade and we sat down to begin our worship. Worshiping with people of another language and culture is such an amazing experience. Even though we speak different languages, we are still brothers and sisters in Christ. We all have that one unifying thing in common. We had a great service singing, taking communions, reading scripture and listening to the words of Mr. Greg. Once we finished they gave us twenty minutes to walk around and look at the park. While we were walking we saw this guy and it looked like he was shooting a music video. We heard a little squeal and turned around to see Shrek hyperventilating. He told us that this guy (Divino) was a very famous singing in Central America. So we took a picture of him and watched him sing and film his music video.

Jesus Statue

 View from the 'Jesus' Mountain

Shrek and Divino

We all had a great time at the park but once we were done, it was time to drive to the Valley of Angels. Shopping! The Valley of Angels is a very popular tourist shopping area where you can find almost anything.  We only got to shop for about an hour but it was still a lot of fun. I ended up buying some Honduran sandals, a colored hairband, and a Honduras bracelet. We just had a lot of fun hanging out with our guards (Alfredo and Hector) and Shrek. Once again, we continued to deepen our bonds with the Hondurans. It seems like God gave us a different opportunity every day to get closer to the people of Honduras. It was definitely a beautiful day for shopping and being outside. We finished shopping and loaded into the vans to drive back to Zamerano for evening church. But...on the way back our brakes overheated and we had to pull over for about thirty minutes to let them cool off. It was pretty hot outside and we just happened to pull over next to big pile of rotten mangos. Needless to say we were not too happy about this slight detour.

We finally made it to church about forty-five minutes late. The service was all in Spanish which was so neat to listen to. Just looking around at the congregation, I could tell how excited they were about God and His word. We hung around awhile after church while Adam and Shrek went to get a new van. Emily and I attempted to talk to some of the people from the church. They didn't speak English so we did our best with the little Spanish we knew and had picked up during the three days we were there. But we could figure just about everything out with the phrase, "Como se dice...en Ingles?". We left Zamerano and drove to the Chinese restaurant near our hotel. We had a crazy time at dinner. We began throwing paper and spit wads at each other (which became a tradition that we would do at just about every meal). Though they would never admit it, Jeff Liddle and Walter were the masterminds behind it all.

Valley of the Angels Shopping

A group of children from the church in Zamerano

What a wonderful blessing today was! We got to spend the entire Lord's day with friends from another country enjoying the simplicity of life. It was so refreshing. God is SO good.