Ministry was all kinds of things. Part of ministry was finishing up camp. We had to make more campsites and more benches to eat at. Soon after we had to make some adjustments to our bathroom curtain and our shower curtains by nailing one side of the curtain down so it wouldn’t blow open. Fun fact: We had one bathroom and three showers for around 60 people in the month of May.
Another part of ministry, was clearing out an area on the side of the mountain to build a church. God put on my ministry hosts, (Paul and Tania) hearts to build a church on this mountain and we were able to be part of this process. We used machetes to get the brush out, pickaxed and leveled out an area for a church and another spot for a women’s center. We dug holes, put columns in the ground for starting the foundation of church. In the women’s center we dug a 7 foot hole for the future bathrooms.
We would make barriers to make sure the dirt would stay in place. We would chop down trees and plant plants to help the dirt to not roll down the mountain.
We would walk about 30 minutes to chop down bamboo. We would carry the bamboo back to camp and chop it into more pieces. The bamboo is for building the church and the women’s center.
Part of ministry was taking turns helping in kitchen. Whether that’s washing dishes, making tortillas, chopping up food etc. We also collected firewood. Firewood was needed for every meal in the kitchen. Our meals were heated with fire, cooked over a clay stove.
One of the ladies in the kitchen has a daughter. Her daughters house is not in a good location because of the mud slides that happened last fall. So we started a new property for another house. We used machetes to clear the area, pickaxed, shoveled and hoed to make the ground level.
Other ministry opportunities were house visits. We would pray for people, pray over their land and bring families food as well. Sometimes we had seeds for the families to plant crops for future harvest.
It’s rainy season and sometimes the roads get washed away by the rain. So we would do some road construction to figure out the best method to help get cars up the hill.
We carried wood through the mountains back to our campsite. This wood was for the church and also for our benches that we would sit at everyday for meals.
Ministry in Honduras was a lot of manual labor but also really fruitful. It was awesome to see the work that was made and cool to see how in these times God still works in peoples hearts. God still provides even if the money isn’t there. God gives us strength even when our bodies are sore and tired from all the work. God is good and I really did enjoy ministry even if it was challenging at times.
