Pizza & Uno Afterwards!

After we finished our event at the retirement home we took the boys out for pizza and played uno while we waited. They shared the entire time about the stories that each of the men had; where they had worked, where they lived, how many children they had, etc. It was great hearing how involved they got in their lives. They decided they want to do this again. The boys are already trying to get jeans the men can fit into size 30 and 32 as well as sombreros to take them as this is what the men told our boys they would really like. We're excited to see them get so involved in others lives. They definitely learned the lesson about serving others. Praise the Lord!!!!

The Charamuska

A charamuska is a popsicle in a bag. We brought these to the retirement home to share with the men we were visiting. There was one man who didn't want to talk with any of our students. He thought he was too good to talk to a room full of teenagers and sing with us. He sat off to the side. Miguel Angel, one of our students, took him a charamuska. When he did, the man instantly made friends with him and it was finally okay that we were there to visit.

Retirement Home

The boys enjoyed talking to each of the members of the home more than anything. They made us so proud the way they interacted with the men.

Discipleship Class Spending Time at the Retirement Home

The men at the home enjoyed the singing!

Discipleship Class Visits the Retirement Home

Before our discipleship class went to the retirement home, I prepped them about making sure to spend time with each member of the home. Our class of fifteen students made us so proud as they shared and listened.

Discipleship Class: Can you Serve Others?

When I spoke with our discipleship class about serving others, although active in participation in class, they didn't think they were old enough to be able to serve others. By the end of the class period, they had changed their minds about service to others and we decided to go to the old folks home in Catacamas and "SERVE". It is rare in Honudras to have family members in a facility as the majority of people are taken care of by family members in their homes once they can't get along on their own. The city of Catacamas opened this center in 2005. Some of the boys came to our house the night before we went to help me make cookies. They had a great time.

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.