Happy Easter!

Happy Easter Week!

Time is winding down in Honduras and our last 2 and a half weeks are really full so I need to give you a quick update.

The Campo was our most recent accomplishment and we all have lots of stories from there.  We were in the middle of nowhere land tucked in between beautiful mountains.  The days were nice and warm but the nights got chilly.  We stayed with a really great family and didn't want to leave them when our week was over.

Anyway, our main goal in going was to do a Bible school type thing in 2 schools and then do door to door evangelism in the afternoons.  The Bible school went really well and they loved the drawing of The Prodigal Son and then the next day a puppet show of The Good Samaritan.  We let the pastor and a couple of the Hondurans do the prayers and singing because we wanted them to be a part of what we did.  We handed out coloring sheets for them to color and even the old men like to color. :)

The evangelism was a challenge for me but I accomplished it!  It was very difficult hiking conditions and the second day was pretty discouraging for me.  I didn't want to go back out the last 2 days.  But I did and I'm glad that I did because I had a good experience the last days.  God definitely helped me through those days because we were doing a survey and then presenting the people with the gospel story ALL IN SPANISH.  This is difficult for me in English but I did it in Spanish!  That was a pretty good feeling.

I don't have time to talk more but shall give you more details later.

Thanks for praying for me through this experience!

My Birthday in Honduras

Hi Friends,

Today was my first birthday in a different Country without any of my immediate family.  I had a nice day though. This morning when I came out of my room right before the kids went to school I sat down on a soccer ball and Sofia ran over and sat down on my lap.  I whispered into her ear "Do you know what today is?"  She didn't remember, so I reminded her it was my birthday.  She then got very excited and ran into her room and got a present for me.  She gave me a bracelet and 3 pairs of earrings!
It was then time for them to go to school.  As Sofia was walking toward the door she turned around and ran over to me and gave me a kiss and said "I'm going to miss you when you leave."  I love her so much and am going to miss her when I leave, even if she does annoy me a lot.  haha

But anyway, this is a post asking for prayer.  We are getting ready to go to the campo next week.  I am going to be glad when that week is over.  We are going out into the middle of nowhere to evangelize.  We will be staying with one of the pastors out there.  We will be doing a Bible school thing for the kids and then door to door evangelism.  All in Spanish...  I am a bit nervous about that.  So you can be praying for us.

Thanks for your prayers!

~Emily Joy