REMIX/HONDURAS 2011: Last few days here

Well our time to leave is nearing and we will be sad to leave Honduras and all the friends we have made here.

It has been a great two weeks with the Parkdale team. They will be leaving for Cananda tomorrow morning. Please pray for safety as we drive the team to San Pedro and as the 4 of us drive back to the camp.

The men have worked so hard on two cabins over the last two weeks and they have accomplished so much while here. The girls were at the school doing some teacher orientation and organizing the library. What a big job! We didn't finish in the library, but we were able to get a good start of entering just over 2000 books into the new data system. William and I brought an extra laptop that was donated by David Little, from our church back home, and it will be now used as the new library computer. The librarian is so excited! I was also able to help, Kathryn, a grade 1 teacher from England decorate her classroom. We had a lot of fun sprucing up the plain grey cement walls.

Also this week William and I were able to visit an orphanage close to the camp here. We were so excited to go and we had such a great time with the kids that we brought some of the team back again today to see the place and the kids. The orphanage is called Destino del Reino, Leaders in the Kingdom. It was started by a lady named Rhonda. She came to Honduras on a short term missions trip and felt God calling her back here. So she obediently sold all her belongings and moved 10 hours away from where the orphanage is right now. While living there, God laid it on her heart to start a children's home and to raise up leaders for HIS Kingdom. She didn't know how this was going to happen, but she believed that God would show her. In time, someone gave her a plot of land and from there she has hired Hondurans to build the children's home, a Kindergarten-Grade 4 school, and is in the midst of building a medical and dental facility. God has given her 16 precious children to take care of all under the age of 8 and two older boys in their teens. One little girl was given to her a year ago, she was found in a trash can. All have their own story and are precious children that God has brought to Destino del Reino. In time there will be a middle school and university on the property. The children that attend are from all over the area. The school is free and for the poorest kids in the surrounding area. She likes to have one English and Spanish person per classroom, so they can learn to be bilingual. The orphanage also has a church building where about 60 people from the area attend the church as well. What a blessing this home is for these kids. If you'd like more information on the home, the web URL is http://www.destinodelreino.org/

These next few days will be a time of reflection for us as we rest and think about what God has been teaching us. We know that God wants us to go back to Caronport for a bit to pay off some debt, but after that, well we are not sure, but we are excited to see where God will take us next.

Here are a few last pictures of the week. I don't know if we'll have a chance to blog again before we leave, so if not, a huge thank you from William and I to all who have been thinking and praying for us. As a last prayer request please pray for our safety as we travel home on Wednesday to arrive in Canada on Thursday.

We are looking forward to our return and to share our stories and pictures with friends and family. God bless.