Hola! Esta semana ha estado fantastica!
Those are the words of the birthday girl today, this week has been fantastic. The day has been filled with activity. Two teams were sent about an hour away to a small rural village area, situated at the base of a mountain range. The roads were very rough and we got stopped by the police, who asked our driver what we were doing. After they explained about the presentations and the books we would be passing out to school, the police asked for books to give their children. How awesome is our God. You know we do our stuff in schools, but the day was also filled with dancing in the street with kids, sitting on a horse that a native Honduran was riding by us, while we were dancing in the street and he stopped, then let the girls get on his horse. Getting peel and pull twislers to go in our nose and out our mouths.Playing soccer in the pouring rain with kids at the small village right before the God-Man movie tonight. Using an outhouse that had a toilet bowl, no seat, but was surround by curtains, not walls. O that was so strange. And the biggest thing was finding marijuana next to the church we were showing the movie at, which the school was right there too. Now we are just back to the hotel and we have not eaten dinner as of yet and it is almost 10 PM. The other two teams we have not even yet seen tonight, so I will add more when I hear from them. All the teens are sitting around me yelling out what to put in this post, so I hope you enjoyed it.Tomorrow we have a day at the market and church in the evening. It is to be a good long Honduran service.
Pray for Abby as she is the only one sick today and she got it bad. She has spent the day in bed as far as I can tell.
Pray that what we have seen and done these past 4 days will continue to work in use as we continue to interact with the Hondurans.
Lyndsay gives a shout out to her mom for her Birthday tomorrow, which as of this moment in your time zone is her birthday, so Happy Birthday Robin!
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Hola Team!
ReplyDeleteFYI Northgate Big Serve had over 100 children loved on and seeds were sown on all types of soil. May God water and grow those seeds of the Word of God. We continue to pray for you all that God's Spirit will protect you from illness and that His Holy Spirit will move through you to those who are in visual and hearing distance. God will get the glory for this work He has started. Lyndsay, Molly has not once slept in your room since you have been gone! She misses you terribly. We love you and are praying for you Lyndsay and for the whole team! With much love,
Randy and Robin
Sounds like all are having a life experience. Well wishes to Abby. Your updates are wonderful and keeps my mind at ease with my boys so far away from home. It makes me appreciate them even more being gone with no contact or hearing a voice or getting a text I miss them terribly. Jake & Jack the dogs have driven me nuts, they miss you guys bad, Tilly has not eaten since you have been gone and just does her crying thing. God Bless each and everyone and enjoy the rest of your time serving. See you when you get home. Love you Jake and Jack.
ReplyDeleteHope Abby is starting to feel better and no one else has succombed to the illness. Your experiences sound very exciting, I can't wait to hear more when you return home. Katie and Kendra, yes, your rooms are now clean, I wonder how long they will stay that way! Love you both very much and miss you. God Bless all.
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Sounds like the team is growing closer as they share HIS word. Through the nose and out the mouth? Really? Ehhhwww! Thanks again for the Post Stacy, the smile and joyful thoughts that the update had delivered will carry through my day and get plenty of mileage as I share the team's story. It sounds like your outreach is expanding. You are literally "spreading the word" as God's message pours out of you, as evidenced by all you are coming in contact with. My prayers for the healing of poor Abby. May HE continue to watch over you all, protect you and guide you.
ReplyDeleteLove you Ross!
Mom
Hola! Thanks, Stacey, for the blog. It is nice to be updated. Please tell Joey that we love him and are praying for him many times each day. Tell C. J. Wendt that I got his name braclet and am praying for him as I am for all of you. I hope Abby feels better soon! Keep up the great work, everyone! Blessings! Sherry Kertesz
ReplyDeletewow, I can't wait to here about your growth and adventure! Thank you for showing God's love to the people of Honduras. It is hot in Williamsburg, but nothing compared to what you are in. We miss you and pray for all of you.
ReplyDeleteLove, Mom
Hope you have a great time at the market and at Church with the Hounurans! I love to worship with people from different countries, it is so exciting and gives us a glips of what HEaven will be like! I miss you all so much and am so glad you are there serving, keep up the good work tha God may recive the glory!
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PS: I love you so much Kristy! Maui & I cant wait to see you :)
Wow! What great experiences you are all having
ReplyDeleteand how wonderful it is to be able to follow
some of the experiences thru your blog Stacy...
Thank you so much! We have not met, I am Chloes' Grandma from Michigan.. Please give
Chloe and Tabby our Love, and let them know that we pray for them, and all of the team each day! I hope Abby is feeling better by now...God bless each and every one of you,
I know He is working thru each of you in
very special ways! Love Grandma and Grandpa
every one of you!.....
HI Lyndsay, Aaron really enjoyed himself at the Big Serve. I surprised your Mom with a piece of cake and a candle yesterday, Everybody sang Happy Birthday to her, I think she was mad at me.lol Hope your feeling ok I am very proud of you,Come home with some new spanish words for your Dad ok.. Love Aunt Lynn
ReplyDeleteHi Allison - Alicia and Ashly are really missing you. They are talking about you all the time. Jersey will not move from your bedroom door. I think he thinks you are up there. I hope you are feeling ok and that you are drinking lots of water. Dad and I are so proud of you. Thanks so much Stacey for your blog. We enjoy reading about your days and all that is happening in your serve. Also thank you to all the leaders that are there - you are all great examples for our kids. Well Alli we are now off to the wedding. I can't wait to see you when you come home. I am excited to hear how the Holy Spirit has worked through you in this mission. God will get all the glory for the work you and the rest of team is doing. We LOVE you!!! We will keep praying. Love Dad and Mom
ReplyDeleteHi Grace,
ReplyDeleteGlad you feeling better.
Honey misses you. She started scrating on the wall at 2:00 AM today. Had to get up and bring her downstairs.
Rachel is looking all over to Lion King so she and Raja can watch it.
Love,
Dad
Hi Elizabeth!
ReplyDeleteThis is Grammie! So glad you're feeling better, Elizabeth. We've been praying for you. So glad so many highschoolers are coming to know the Lord. We'll continue to pray the the God film will reach many hearts.
Love you! Talk to you when you get back next Tuesday! (or when you're awake!)
Hi! This is GRANDPA!!!
ReplyDeleteGood to hear all the good things that are happening. Trust that things continue to go well and that you have a safe trip home. We love you and are praying for you!
This time it is really Aunt Marilyn!
ReplyDeleteIt made me so sad that you were miserable and sick. I'm so sorry! We should have sent Uncle Kent with you, but the Lord has answered our prayers I guess! :-)
I liked the pics of your drama and I hope you're enjoying it! It sounds like an amazing trip and it's fun to follow along on this blog...so thanks to Stacy!
We love you! Hi from Uncle Kent too!
Hi Grace--and Hannah!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're over the bug. I hope now that you are feeling better you are having an amazing time, sharinglots of good moments with others on your team, as well as in Honduras (yea--I pronounced it wrong in my head Go ahead and laugh). I haven't cleaned a thing in your room, but I would if I thought you wanted me to.
It's hot in Sylvania--85 or so, and humid. Probably sounds cool to you! See you Tuesday!
Love, Mom
Tell Laura that Matt ALMOST lost the bunny. But he didn't. All the Cook's and Stephen are in my living room eating. They all send their love and prayers.
ReplyDeleteHola Chloe!
ReplyDeletePeggy and I send our love! I am back from Charlotte safe. I continue to pray constantly for your health, safety, and service! Look for Grandma and Grandpa's post as well. We have baby ducks in the lake.
Love
Dad
Hey John, we are missing you. Please, Please, Please, drink the bottled water! We don't want to hear that you are dehydrated.We are praying for you!
ReplyDeleteLove mom and dad sarah and lisa and brian
naters and mango -
ReplyDeletehere's a joke for you: what weighs 255 pounds, has 4 legs, 2 heads, and 2 hearts that are missing you??? nick and i!!! nick said that was lame, but he is too busy playing on the wii to say much else except "happy father's day, dad!!!!"
give abby some tlc from us, it must be horrible being sick when there's so much to see and do. but we know that all things work together for good.... i'm glad everyone else is better - that's the power of prayer!
tori, grades are in. we'll talk.
nate, we had tons of rain yesterday and last night, so your lawn is looking quite healthy. i know you were worried!
remember: sleeve, sunscreen, lots of water!
you're in our hearts, minds and prayers. we love you!
a few,
mandi and nick
Mom wants to tell John B that she is home from the hospital (came home on wednesday night) and is doing good.
ReplyDelete~Sarah
Hey Heather,
ReplyDeleteAJ speaking. I hope you're not sick, and I really miss you (heehee). Anyway, we're praying for you. Keep doing good stuff! God bless.
Kristy, A Maui and Me story-- Maui decided to chase a BLACK CAT and your Dad who is bare foot, is chasing her with the zapper. Luckily the cat decided to run up a tree about two properties from us and Maui decided to come back with your dad following her. We are praying for you and the group for safety, good health and many seeds will be planted and God will do the watering. Love, Mom and Dad
ReplyDeleteTeam,
ReplyDeleteGoing to share your updates at SML this morning with your friends. We will be praying for you. We love you all. Have a safe return.
Tyson Stoll
Hi Meghan, Glad to hear of your adventures , am anxious to hear your story. People see God through our actions, and it seems like that memory and mission will be staying with the Hondurans. We are so thankful for the example you are showing, and for the rest of your friends. God bless you all. Grammy
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Great to hear how awesome your trip has been. We are all so excited to hear your stories. Abby, hope you are feeling better as well as all the rest who have been sick. Stacey, we loved the pictures. Alaina, it is definately not the same around here without you.We love you and miss you. Have a safe flight and we will see you tomorrow night. We will continue to pray for all the lives that have been touched by all of you while in Honduras.
ReplyDeleteMuch love, Mom, Dad and the gang