Welcome to Honduras!

Well... I have officially spent one week in this beautiful country and I can't to spend many more weeks here. Although we weren't able to fly out Thursday because of Visa reasons, God blessed us with first class seats the very next day. (I would absolutely wait a day for first class tickets!) God began showing me that He would take care of me and every need I had while on this trip. He proved this right off the bat by allowing us to land safe in the Tegucigalpa Airport, which just so happens to be the second most dangerous airport in the world... but my God provides and protects!

This week mainly consisted of getting settled into our beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house and learning about how to get the necessities we would need. The water is undrinkable here so we rely on big 5 gallon jugs of clean water. After the first couple days, we ran out of that clean drinking water and had to go old school. That's right, we had to boil the water on the stove before we were able to drink it, but I'm pretty sure that won't happen again. We're more prepared for this second week (hopefully).

Our first week of training started on Monday and finished Thursday. It was a little overwhelming, especially being that all of it was spoken in Spanish, but praise God for wonderful translators. All of the teachers at the school are so friendly and welcoming. I'm so excited to soak up this culture and their way of doing things. I want to experience as much as I possibly can. The more I keep meeting people and becoming friends with my co-workers comes more opportunities to  see what it's really like to live here. I'm already learning what it's like to grow up in a city that has a population of 6,600... to living in a city that has a whopping 1.2 MILLION people. So it's just a little different then what I'm used to. ;)

With all of these people living in this city, you can imagine how many cars are on the road at any given time. I literally rejoice and praise God every time I make it to my destination without being in some type of accident. There's no such thing as tailgating here. You can ride as close to another car as you want, along with using your horn so much that it becomes a melody of sounds arising on the busy streets. But that's normal for them. That's what I need to remind myself. No matter how much my mind is blown at the fact that people live like this or drive like that.... I continually remind myself that this is simply how they live. It's their way of life. I love the fact that I'm able to go to another part of the world and see how similar we all are, but how we live differently at the same time. I love living in this place. I love experiencing new and exciting foods, people, stores, everything.

It is by the grace of God that I am here and able to serve in this beautiful country. God has plans that are unimaginable for us... but not for him. He can use anyone, but WE have to be obedient. We have to be willing to move, to take that step of faith and follow God into the unknown. Because if we aren't living our lives with complete obedience and surrender to the Lord and his perfect plans, then just what are we living for? Be encouraged my friends. Trust the Lord with your life. He's the one who gave it to you and who wants nothing but the best for you.

Jeremiah 1:5 : "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."

Here's a picture of our house!