Benadryl has curious effects on people. While it works wonders to make you stop feeling itchy, it also puts you into this weird stupor where your body feels close to numb and your brain switches between hyperactivity and complete lethargy. I’m not sure where mine is at currently. Somewhere between the two I suppose.A wise friend recently told me “Make the most of EVERY moment because you won't get them back”. I’m attempting to keep this attitude for the rest of the week. I only have five more full days here on this hillside. Five more days to teach eager hands. Five more days to be an encouragement. Five more days to tap into these peoples’ hearts and let them know that the only place they can find their joy is in the LORD. Of course I must remind myself of this as well. Jack Black in School of Rock so poignantly said “those who can’t do, teach”. Well, sorry Mr. Schneeeebly, but this is one of those times where you need to be able to “do” in order to teach. How am I supposed to teach a kid that Jesus is the source of their joy if I don’t believe it myself? Just something to think about.
Saturday we had the great joy and opportunity to witness a Honduran/American wedding. One of the missionary girls here married a local Honduran man and pretty much everyone from the missionary community and all the surrounding villages were there. At first I thought it would be weird because I don’t even know the girl, but it ended up being a blast. We helped Mrs. Rumbaugh (who was in charge of all the food) to serve plates to all of the guests. I worked side by side with Amanda, a Honduran girl named Gabi, and a couple other of the missionaries. We definitely had a lot of fun. After all the
food was served and our job was done, we went out and “mingled” with the guests. The wedding was absolutely gorgeous- everything was set up so well. I spent most of my time talking to Deyni though. She left today to go back to Tegucigalpa til November, so it was good to be able to spend some time with her. We talked about the past week and I told her about the opportunity I had to get to talk to Francis on Thursday. Deyni told me how important it was that I did that, as little as it may have been. Apparently Francis had been hitting some rough patches in her faith and needs someone to be encouraging her. Deyni went on to tell me how so many times she feels like she’s constantly giving giving giving and never receiving encouragement herself. Part of me feels like the whole reason Natalie and I are here was to encourage Deyni, a girl who’s become such a good friend of ours. I don’t know, a lot of the time here, it feels like the relationships we’ve made are skin deep, especially with all the kids we meet who we only see like once a week. I think God gave us the opportunity to spend a lot of time with Deyni to actually get to know her and I think her friendship has been the highlight of this whole trip.
Pues, no tengo más a decir. While it is only five more days here, I guess i need to remind myself that it doesn’t just stop. There are spiritual battles to be fought at home too. Maybe He’s just equipping us now with the right tools in our missionary toolbox (to sum up the entirety of Dr. Don’s ministry in one line). “But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God”- John 3:21
Uno, dos, tres, no otro dios,
Lauren
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