Dear Friends, Families and Benefactors,
As we end our time here in Honduras, we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your prayers and financial support. All of this couldn´t happen without you! Thank you.
The work team finished pouring the footers for the outdoor kitchen and even out the dirt while the rest of the work team went over to San Benito, the medical center that the Friars help run to paint the outside of the building front.
The Adventures in Faith team went to two different aldeas. An aldea is a village in the mountains. In Honduras, the parish priest is responsible for about 70-80 of these village parishes. Often the priest only gets to some of these villages once a year. The two aldeas that we went to today belong to the priest, Fr Renaldo from Mary Queen of the Apostles.
The first village was about a 20 minute drive this morning. We parked our vans on the main road and then walked about 5 minutes up the hill. When we arrived at the aldea, we were in awe at the beauty of this mountain village. They had a tiny building for their church. It was about 15 by 30 feet.
The children just kept coming and coming for the program along with their moms and some dads. They all were spellbound as we did the program
about the Nativity. Maria narrated the story and Stan was the MC for each of the programs. They did the Nativity skit and then they let the village children do the skit. They then broke up into three groups...one making a tryptic (sp?) with the the Holy Family, the shepherds, the three kings and an angel, one group did a game with trying to find Bethelhem and the other children wrote down a gift that they wanted to give Jesus.....and then they all rotated. We had a chance to hold little babies so that the mothers could also make a tryptic...even the men did one!
The team ate a quick lunch of sandwiches and then we drove to the other aldea. When we started there were less than 20 children. By the end, the small church was filled with children and parents. They were so appreciative and we were humbled by their joy and gratitude.
Tonight we had a holy hour, followed by dinner and celebrating Paul´s birthday with cake. We had a debriefing in the Friary. At Casa Guadalupe there are about 500 people at a parish concert and dance. It´s giving us another look at Honduran culture.
Well, we are all so thankful for being able to come on the mission trip. We are thankful for all of you who made the trip possible. We are coming back a different person because of what each of us experienced. We hope that all of you can one day come with us....
God bless each of you.
The Mary Our Queen Mission Team
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