Jewelry Project Honduras Missions: The Zoo and Your Poo(h)

I am finally at my second home! Hannah and I had the same feeling pulling into the Mission House with tears of joy in our eyes. We left the hotel in Choulteca for church in Agua Augris at about 8:20. On the road to church we popped on of our tires, but we just said Welcome to Hinduras and went along with our plans, luckily it was an inner tire otherwise it would have been a bit more difficult. When we arrived I spent some time leading singing and reading John 3:16 with the kids. Jeremy spoke at church about how fragil our lives are. He gave many examples of people who had their lives taken from them too early in their lives. Everyine had a number and throughout the lesson he would call numbers as though their final day had come. He would say number 12, 47, are you ready. It was very eye opening to think that at a moments notice you could be gone and we need to be ready at all times because "We are not staying here. We are going home."

After church we began our 3 hour bus ride back to Tegucigulpa, which took a bit longer due to our one flat tire. On the bus ride we sang, slept, talked, and played spades. About half way on our trip we stopped at the zoo! It was amazing! We were able to hold hands with a monkey, feed ostriches, and see many other animals.

At the bottom of the mountain we stopped for dinner. My group went to pizza hut. Then we were finally minutes away from the Mission House. After pulling on campus we unloaded the luggage, had a short orientation, and had our devo. Wyatts devo was entitled "Where is your Poo(h)". He talked about how his child a few years ago (3years old) was helping to sort toys. Eventually the child realized he would not be getting these toys back because they were going to a child with no toys. He left and came back with his Pooh Bear toy, his favorite toy. He wanted to give his best, something that so many times is the most difficult thing to do. We often are willing to do good things but are we giving our best or are we coasting through giving what we have to? Give your pooh, do your very best in everything.