I am sure that this comes as no surprise to you as you have probably already read somewhere about my love for Honduras, or you have received a snapchat or a tweet referencing said "Honduras." To you it may seem like no big deal, but to me it has been really hard being back here. There are many reasons why I would rather be in Honduras. Soooooooooo instead of trying to convey over and over the reason I want to be in Honduras, here is a post, explaining my thought process since coming back home.
1. Yes, I did miss things about America while I was on the missions trip. I missed...
- My mom. I really missed my mom. She is often the one who helps me sort out how I am feeling, and I was having a lot of feelings in Honduras and it was hard to not have her there with me.
- My dog. I missed Lucy a lot. I missed petting her and reading the thoughts in her head in my best "Lucy" voice.
- Being able to flush TP down the toilet. This is just a cultural thing. See in Honduras, the pipes can't handle tp, so when you use the restroom, you throw the tp in a waste basket. Its not as hard to remember as it sounds, and it doesn't like gross me out or anything, but I grew up flushing tp, so I am glad I can do that again.
- My Bed... with all 9 of my pillows, my 2 blankets and my giant puffy comforter.
- My baby....Bubbles, my little car and wonderful companion.
- My dear friends, Jacob and Joe. Even though I got to text them almost every evening while in Honduras, I missed being able to annoy them constantly with my use of emoji and excessive exclamation points. ;) those guys are pretty great.
- The wonderful Gorman family. Laughing with Bryan and Michelle, sitting in their basement watching television, swimming with my girls, rocking out with the windows down... it was weird to not see them this week.
- I only missed Netflix a little bit. Like, hardly at all, but still I kinda wanted to watch Psych all week.
- Not sweating constantly. In Honduras, I sweat constantly. Here, I don't. I missed that.
- Jeans. I missed my skinny jeans. and I missed straight hair. I really like my curly hair, but I missed being able to straighten my hair, it is shallow I know.
Other than that, I really didn't miss a whole lot. I was very content.
2. What happened Sunday?
Well, we landed in Honduras on Saturday afternoon. We really did get to relax and settle in before we began a crazy week. Sunday we went to church... WOW! Picture your home church. Churches in Honduras are nothing like that. We went on Sunday morning and Friday evening to a church. I wish I could explain to you how incredible both churches were, but there are really no words to describe them. Everyone sings, everyone claps, or moves when they are singing or has their hands raised or their eyes closed. They know how to pray. They get so passionate about the Lord, its the most incredible thing ever. They are joyful when they go up to give their tithe. They actually get out of their seats and all go up to the front of the church and put their money in. We sang one song, that lasted 30 minutes. Honduran believers don't put a time limit on the Holy Spirit. They just let Him come and do His thing for as long as He wants. Church isn't quiet because people are saying Amen, or praying. There were dancers who were on stage dancing with their whole heart. It was beautiful. It is how I imagine Heaven to be.
After church on Sunday, we learned a bunch of silly songs to sing in the villages with the kids. And as it is in America, it is in Honduras... I still can't dance, but man oh man did I try! I got to spend time with our leaders beautiful little daughter, she was adorable!
After dancing, we separated all of the give away items we had so that each village would get enough stuff. It was a good day! And yes, I cried on Sunday.
And now, I will end here, so that I will not lose your interest, but I plan on going through each day. I am still processing it, and I want to be able to write it down so that I can remember. I also want those who gave us donations, or those who prayed for us, to be able to see the impact that Honduras has had.
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