See ya!

I’m off to Honduras for the week.  I know what you’re thinking, “There she goes again.”  But I just can’t help myself.  They’re calling me…

A little bit of background—

I went to a mission conference with Mission to the World back in November. I met a man, Mike Pettengill, who is the leader of the ministry in La Ceiba, Honduras.  He lives down there with his wife Erin and their daughter Madison. They are serving alongside Sean and Lindsey McCann and are expecting two more couples and some single folks in the next year.

Long-term missions is something that is always in the back of my mind.  If you’ve read my blog at all, you know about my heart for my precious boys in Peru.  However, the option for being there long-term is not there.  So, as of late I have been thinking maybe I need to branch out a bit and see some ministries in other places.

You may call this trip to Honduras a vision trip.  I’ll be visiting and encouraging this missionary family as well as seeing what their daily lives look like as they serve in a poor community outside of La Ceiba, Honduras.  Oh, and here’s the best part: God provided the funds for them to buy a plot of land that they are drawing up plans to build on.  It will serve as a school, a dorm for mission groups and….[insert drum roll]……a drop-in center for street children!  My heart!

I have no idea what the Lord has for me.  By no means do I feel a certain or sure calling to serve long-term on the mission field.  But my heart yearns enough for  it that it’s worth exploring with a bit more fervor.

Here’s a summary of the work done in La Ceiba in 2009.

And here’s a video of the property in downtown La Ceiba that will eventually be a school, dorm and a drop in center for street children.