Class Trip Spiritual Times

Each night we had a nice time of spiritual enrichment. One night it was in our hotel room where all gathered around beds, on the floor, etc. One night it was in the bus. Our final spiritual time was around a camp fire on the beach. Each night there was a devotional speaker and each night different boys shared their testimonies. When we were on the bus, Alexander, who was living on the streets of Tegucigalpa shared his powerful testimony about how after his mom left their family and his father began to live with a different woman. This woman's children made him and his siblings beg for money on the streets and then give it to them. After doing this for a while they decided it would be better to live on the streets and keep the money for themselves than to have to bring it home to them. The Lord brought him out of this lifestyle and he is now graduating this year from El Sembrador. Praise the Lord! Rigoberto shared the night on the beach about the anger he had inside of himself when he came to El Sembrador and the bad relationship he had with his father at the time. He told us of how he got hooked to drugs. He accepted the Lord at the end of the school year last year and is now about to graduate. He has matured so much in his Christian walk. He is still quick to anger but continues to grow spiritually every day. We praise the Lord for the spiritual times on the trip.

Class Trip Meal Times

There were a wide variety of meals during the trip. We ate at mall food courts, nice restaurants, cheap restaurants, and had breakfast in our rooms with food we brought. The boys enjoyed the variety.

Singing Time on the Bus

We enjoyed our time singing on the bus. The boys taught me a song that went a little like this.......on Noah's ark every one sings, everyone sings, on Noah's ark everyone sings, and ________(person's name on the trip) sings like this. The person who's name is called has to begin singing a song and then the whole group joins in. We all enjoyed this very much.

Enjoying Time on the Beach

We can't lie...........we enjoyed the relaxing time on the beach as well. It was a pleasure to take these students on this class trip. They enjoyed soccer on the beach, covering each other up with sand (you would have thought they were children the way they enjoyed doing this), the ocean, etc.

More Lansatilla Photos

More pictures of the students while visiting the Lansatilla National Park.

The Senior Class Visit to Lansatilla National Park

The boys really enjoyed learning about the different plants, trees, etc. at the Lansatilla National Park.

Class Trip 2008

Although there have been graduations for over 50 years at El Sembrador, this year marks the first high school graduation ever. In the beginning years of El Sembrador there was 6th grade graduations, then there were vocational graduations after the vocational school was opened, then the studies went as far as 9th grade. This year, El Sembrador has taken the studies to a new level and will graduate the first class of high school graduates. We're so proud of the accomplishments this group of boys have made.
We took our graduating Seniors on a class trip this year. It was both educational as well as fun. They each had to participate in many fundraisers from the beginning of the year through August. They were able to accomplish their goal and enjoy their time. They were able to see the waterfalls at Lago Yajoa, visit a national park called Lansatilla in the city of Tela, visit three different malls (in the cities of San Pedro Sula, El Progresso, and Tegucigalpa). The fun part for the students was being able to be at the ocean and pools where we stayed on the North Coast. The students were able to see many parts of their country for the first time. For many it was the first time at the ocean, first time on an escalator at the mall, and the first time to go to the North Coast.

My Brother-in-Law, Jeff Luedtke

Jeff has been pastoring for thirteen years at the same church. He is the youth and assistant pastor at Westview Wesleyan. He just graduated today with his Masters in Christian Leadership. My sister is a professor at Indiana Wesleyan University and is going to be beginning her PHD in phsycology. We're proud of them and our niece and nephew. It is hard to be away from our family.