From Fr Dye

Mary and her new friend

John with his little friend whose dad was killed this year

Dear MOQ Missioners fellow members of our parish family:

Br Gabriel with the children in front of the aldea's little church

Deacon Bill communicating with a child

Coming back after Honduras is always an adjustment.

Everything in Honduras is behind locked doors, but my keys there were three in number. My key ring here has about 15 keys! Are we more imprisoned by our wealth here than the poor in Honduras?

Br Miguel driving the kids to the fiesta in the rain. The weather didn't dampen their spirits at all.

In Honduras I talked to the group non-stop from awakening to going to sleep.

Br. Malachy with the children

Since returning I have talked face to face with my wife and have communicated with a ton of people by telephone and through answering emails.

Bruce and Zach with some of the children

It is difficult to love people from a distance. Maybe we need to make more of a conscious effort to be present to one another and not just live for ourselves. I ate some ice cream when I arrived home last night which was a treat that I probably did not really need.

Little house in the mountain aldea

Our abundance distracts us from what would really make us satisfied.

We shared God’s love for us with the poor people we met in Honduras, but we certainly were blessed more than we gave --- about a hundred times more!

Chris having fun at the fiesta

It is very special to be back where we came from and where we are planted. Whatever we shared of ourselves we shared as a mission group from our parish family at Mary Our Queen.

Cecilio (whose house we painted) and his two youngest children

The Mission was truly a larger and extended version of the love of God in Christ that we know here in our parish.

It is good to be home, and see our many blessings more clearly.

Br Miguel,Mary and Kate with their friends

Fr. Dye