A Day in the life of a Honduran missionary

We already incorporate our benefactors and family in our trip through our daily prayers but we would also like to take you through a day in the life of a Honduran missionary.

3:15 am : The hillside erupts in the patriotic Honduran song; the roosters.

Sunrise over the mountains

6:15 am : We awaken to the faint aroma of burning basura (trash) and the cacophony of birds, dogs, cars, an occasional fire cracker, and the never ending crow of the rooster.

6:30 am: Morning prayer begins with the rosary, liturgy of the hours, and Mass celebrated by one of the four Franciscan Friar priests.

8:00 Breakfast

8:45 am: We leave our casa and embark on the bumpy ride to our work site.

Casa Guadalupe

9:00 am: The typical workday includes shoveling, mixing, and cementing cement. Other common activities climbing include building roofs over a lady's piles and piles on rubbage. Some of the days’ less physical work includes communion calls, the kids’ lunch program and visiting the boys’ orphanage.

Elizabeth and Br Diego

Chris playing with neighborhood children

Franklin at Dona Olga's house

12:00 noon: Dirty and depleted of energy, we break for lunch and get an opportunity to interact with the crowds of children who gather to watch the Gringos work.

Mike, Len and John

4:00 pm: We return to the compound, on the brink of exhaustion, longing for the cold water of our showers and rushing to be prepared for holy hour.

5:00 pm: Holy hour begins

6:00 pm: As guessed… holy hour ends.

6:30 pm: Famished we rush to the dining hall for a traditional Honduran supper.

7:30 pm: It’s game time baby!

9:00 pm: Night prayers during which we examine our consciences. Card games on the roof follow the conclusion of our day of prayer.

10:00 pm: Lights out as we sprawl out on multiple “mattresses” made of foam begging for even the slightest breeze to blow through the oven that we call a bedroom.

Buenos Noches,

Chris and Sarah