Posts with the category “uhsm-honduras-mission-trip”

“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” Charles DickensI hate saying goodbye to our Roatan family, but I already look forward to being back with them again next year.Today, we st...  Read More

We decided to combine two days in this post because they were a couple of our relaxing days on the trip after working so hard for 3 days straight.  Day 5 and 6 recap were written by Trinity McMichael ...  Read More

We started off the morning reading “The Christmas Story” which was a great representation of how all parts of the Bible are applicable at all times. We were challenged to be messengers of joy, since w...  Read More

Well, I forgot to get some students to write up day three, so you guys are stuck with me (BJ) today.  Here we go.We kicked off our morning with another devo led by Holly where she encouraged us with a...  Read More

The day began at 8 a.m. with a devotional on John 15:5. We reflected on how two people working together are stronger than one—especially when facing the challenges of this world.Afterwards, we hopped ...  Read More

We made it through the rain—literally and figuratively—and we’re officially on the ground in Sandy Bay, Roatán, Honduras! Loaded with luggage and full hearts, we made it to the airport with plenty of ...  Read More

Day 7 (BJ McMichael)Sorry for the LATE POST! We had a long, busy, and AWESOME day on Tuesday sp we decided to get some rest and update everything on the way home. The internet was being a little diffi...  Read More

Day 6 (Holly and BJ)We started out the day with another great devotional from Holly.  We all received a yo-yo and talked about how important it was for the yo-yo to be attached to our hands to functio...  Read More

Day 5 ( Aaron Hesson, Charlie and Amy Benson)Today was more relaxed with no work on the schedule because it was Sunday.  However, it was the most impactful for me. (Aaron)  We went to church with the ...  Read More

Day 4 (JoBeth Coleman, Kelsey Johnson, Dresdin Hesson)We started today with a devo by Mrs. Holly. We learned that we should be like ducks in the rain and just let things roll off our shoulders. We lea...  Read More

Day 3 (Trinity and Holly McMichael)We started devotional at 8:30 am with Holly. She used Barrel of Monkey Keychains to illustrate how God designed us to be linked together. He created us to need one a...  Read More

Day 2 (Cristy, AJ, & Zach Steffa)Morning (by Cristy Steffa)We woke up, had our breakfast and devotional  went to have a tour with Orsy. He shared how the orphanage came about and all the work that has...  Read More

Well, after a slight plane delay, we finally landed and HIT THE GROUND RUNNING!  Not many pictures because our students wanted to start playing with the kids at Sandy Bay IMMEDIATELY so we all just ju...  Read More

As I head home, I want to remember not to take things for granted and to be thankful for what I have....  Read More

These children are so thankful for anything and everything they have. In some ways, I want to be more like them....  Read More

Even though we had fun, we were also able to have some conversations that matter with Eric and the crew onboard...  Read More

We got to learn all about how it got started and how we can continue to help support the school and the kids we have gotten VERY close with....  Read More

We were challenged to shine our light so that people can see that Jesus lives within us...  Read More

amazing to me is how the kids and the family don’t go to church, they HAVE Church...  Read More

...our team got right to work speaking the language of play....  Read More