Honduras, Day 4

This day was one of my favorites. We were originally going to divide into 3 different groups and walk to the various churches. There are 4 churches of Christ in Trujillo that have split off from each other for various, probably long-ago forgotten reasons. Just like the U.S., huh? God worked wonders, and all 4 churches decided to come to our camp for worship and an afternoon of fun. These groups had not met since 1992. No one really knew what to expect. We set up as many chairs as we could and each of the groups arrived one by one. They all brought their own chairs from their respective We had no idea if anyone was mingling since we didn't know where everyone was from. With our limited spanish and no English on their parts, there was not a whole lot of interaction. The 4 different ministers led us through worship. We sang songs in spanish and english and Jim and Emilson together delivered Jim's sermon. Jim had on flip flops and had to put on Justin's shoes before he preached. Apparently, that wasn't proper for preaching! So we had church and afterwards began to meet people. I met the most precious teenager named Blanca. She spoke no English, but was very patient in speaking slowly so I could understand her. We had a wonderful conversation and spent the whole afternoon with her best friend, Nelia, and Leah, Rachel, Rachel, and many other of our teen girls. Nelly, as Blanca called her, spoke tons of English. All the boys and men played soccer all afternoon. All of the leaders of the 4 congregations reconciled and met for a long time planning their futures. It was a wonderful day. Everyone left before suppertime and we spent the night playing cards and just talking. It was truly a day of rest and much needed by everyone. It was on this night that I discovered the glow-in-the-dark roach/beetle thing that lived in our cabin.