So I have been back in Honduras almost 2 months since being home to visit my family.  It has been a busy couple of months!

Mission Team

Soon after I returned, I welcomed a mission team!  They were such a blessing as they helped with a teacher retreat at Ruach and shared at my church, Ministerio Renuevo.

Back to School

I am happy to be teaching science again this year at Ruach International Christian School.  This year I am teaching the grades 4th - 8th.  It is so much fun to spend my days with these scientists as we learn and explore!  They teach me many things!

We are having fun using all the science equipment that was donated last year.

7th grade preparing their petri dishes with soil samples taken from various locations in the school.

6th grade examining slice bread for microorganisms.

FUN WITH BAKING SODA!

                                       MAGNETS!

4th grade doing an investigation of mass and force

Church Family

I am blessed to be part of a wonderful church here in Comayagua.  They really are my family!  It is a blessing to have a place where I can come to worship and receive the word and be with people who I connect with and whom I love dearly!  I have the honor of helping Marjorie with the children during the service.  

Girls’ Bible Study

Marjorie and I are continuing with our Bible study for the girls in our church.  I love the time we get to share with them from the Bible, share stories, give advice, eat together, laugh together, and sometimes cry together.  They are a blessing to me!

Sometimes we get to share a birthday too!

English Classes in La Isla

I have so much joy when I am in La Isa.  This is a small community outside of Comayagua.  What is it that draws me there?  What is it that makes me so happy?  I don’t have an answer, except that it is an assignment God has given to me and He has filled me with love and commitment to these people!

Last year Marjorie and I had a 6-week program one day each week after school,  teaching English.  This year we wanted to continue with our classes there and I had a desire in my heart to do more.  I prayed for God to open doors and show us how to serve this school.  My schedule at Ruach allows me to go to La Isla to teach English classes during their regular school day.

So, each Friday Marjorie and I are with our English students from 10:00 12:00. 

We spend Thursday evening each week planning and preparing for our class the following day. 

We made a small workbook with the worksheets for our first partial. 

 It must be the A.C.E. in us, we glued our verse for this book inside, just like in our Paces! 

Here are my students - 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade!

It is going to be a fun and busy year and I am so excited for all that God is doing in my life and in the lives of my students in Ruach and La Isla!

Sometimes you feel at home in the strangest places.  It makes me think of watching Sesame Street and doing the "Which thing doesn't belong" segment of the show.   What doesn't belong?  Why, that would be me!  But God uses the most unlikely people (me!) in the most wonderful ways of doing his will!

There is a community outside of Comayagua, La Isla, where I love to be.  I love the people who live there.  To look from the outside it seems I do not belong there, but I feel so happy when I am there.  I wish I could spend more time there.  

Last year Marjorie and I started an English program, one day a week after school, with the children.

This year as I was planning our English classes I kept thinking how I wish I could do more.  More in the community, for the children, for the school, and for the teachers.  It is a small school, three classrooms for kinder through 6th grade.

Sometimes I try to make things happen, and I didn't want to do that.  I had been praying last week about this burden I have, this desire I have to serve this community, and my prayer was that God would open the doors and make the way for me.  Not anything I could do or make happen.

Two days later I got my class schedule at Ruach, and I had no science classes on Friday.  I thought, could this be my door?  Could this be the way that I could help at the school in La Isla?

Today we had planned to go out to the school to talk with the teacher in La Isla about how we can serve the school.

Joel thought wouldn't it be great if we could make English a part of the school's curriculum and teach all the students, and maybe spend some extra time out there after school during the week helping the kids with other classes, tutoring, and helping with homework.

So, I talked with Miss Dinora and Mr. Henry yesterday and today Marjorie, Joel, and I met with the teacher in charge at the school in La Isla.  She welcomed us to come to the school and was happy for us to teach English.

Starting on Friday next week, Marjorie and I will be going to to the school and we will have a time from 10:00 - 12:00 for English class with all the students.  After the children go home at 12:00 we can stay to help the teachers.

I am excited for next week, to get started with our classes again, and to be able to be there for their school day.

I am continuing to pray for God to use us in this community, and to continue to open doors and show us how we can serve.

As we begin working more in this community I will continue to update and of course there will be plenty of pictures coming!

Please pray for these classes, for our planning time, and that we can be a blessing to the students and to the teachers.