Lagunas

Sorry this blog is a bit late. We got back from our second mountain mission last Friday and since I was tired I decided it was better to write this post a little late than have it totally incomprehensible. It was a blessed and very beautiful week. Once again we were in a place of startling natural beauty. There were a lot more struggles this time though. The situation of the parish wasn’t very strong and the delegate is stuck trying to lead everyone while she herself is struggling with family things. The people weren’t really engaged and many families are divided over a couple evangelical churches that aggressively moved into the aldea within the last couple years. It is so sad to see the Body of Christ divided like this.

As we were trying to serve in the midst of all this and to bring peace to the people we met, I was reminded once again of my own inherent poverty. I may have many material things, but I, like every other person, am in desperate need of God. It was easy to think I was self-sufficient until I was confronted here with the realities of life faced by over half the world. The people know their desperate need for God and you can see it in their eyes; they hunger for Him. And they are slowly teaching me my own need too. Without Him, there is nothing.

Right now we are preparing to leave on another mission, this time in La Ceiba at the beach. That is where everyone stereotypically goes for Holy Week, so that is where we are going to, albeit for different reasons. I don’t really know what this mission will look like, but please keep us in your prayers.

Have a blessed Holy Week and a blessed Easter.