A quick Post by Travis Moffitt from Honduras and the Little Lambs Refuge in La Masica.
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One of the World Race Team Members, Stephanie, Shared the below commentary after their visit to the Comedor JesuCristo In La Ceiba, Honduras. This is a great example of how God works through our teams in unique and powerful ways. Find out more about our Connect Global Mission Trips and Consider coming with us next time!
Meet Jośe Antonio Martinez Atunez. An eighty year old homeless man I met yesterday. We went to a church that serves three meals times a day to 150-300 people. The church was known as the "church with no walls" because it is open 24 hours and a pastor is always there to pray or disciple someone. It was such a blessing to serve these (mostly) men and not only feed them physically but spiritually as well from the testimonies that were shared. It also made me even more passionate about going home, getting more involved, and chasing after the dream God has prepared for me.
When I first saw Jośe for some reason he reminded me of an older version of my father. Then it reminded me of how just last week the Lord walked me thru what TRUE forgiveness looked like with not only him but many other people in my life. Read my blog to find out more about how God rocked my world once again and gave me thoughts I NEVER in my wildest dreams could have seen coming.
-Stephanie
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Saige and Yeni.
Today (originally posted November 6, 2015) was a hard day for Yeni and she was not in good spirits most of the day for obvious reasons. She was admitted to the hospital for an infection which is super dangerous based on her weak immune system.
So the initial prognosis was a 4 day stay in the hospital which would mean missing her big party tomorrow. 😔😔😔. Thankfully though the doctors seem to think she will be able to leave the hospital, if only for a short time, to enjoy the party. We are super excited about the chances of going ahead with the party!! That explains the big smiles in the photo.
This was actually the first time Yeni smiled all day. She had been looking for Saige but she was at school for the first half of the day. After Saige got out of school we explained the situation to her and she immediately said we need to go take Yeni lunch, be with her, and make sure she can still go to her party. Saige also decided to give Yeni a small, portable DVD player that had been given to her as a gift and two new movies so Yeni has something to occupy her mind while in the hospital.
All in all, today was a long, heart wrenching day watching Yeni suffer and not being able to do much more than just be present.
Yeni is a brave young girl fighting a nasty disease and yet still took time today to insist that she could stay at the hospital alone if it meant her younger siblings wouldn't have to be left alone for any amount of time during her treatment.
Being in close proximity to the suffering of kids like Yeni and others we've met this year has really broken my heart in so many ways.
I don't understand the place that suffering of this magnitude has in this world. I don't know what makes one kid out of a family of four have cancer while the other three just watch her suffer.
I only know that we are each placed here on earth to help ease the suffering of others in any way we can. We are here to be the reason someone can smile at the end of a day like this. We are here to love others in the way Jesus would. Fully and without prejudice. We are here to mend the broken hearted and bandage their wounds.
“Compassion without action is merely observation.”
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“If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love. Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self. Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have. Love doesn’t strut, Doesn’t have a swelled head, Doesn’t force itself on others, Isn’t always “me first,” Doesn’t fly off the handle, Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others, Doesn’t revel when others grovel, Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth, Puts up with anything, Trusts God always, Always looks for the best, Never looks back, But keeps going to the end.”