my little corner

Well, tomorrow I’m headed for Honduras. The myriad circumstances that have culminated in this trip are kinda staggering. My connection with Honduras came from two different directions—my church, who is for the second consecutive year is taking a mission team to La Ceiba, and my coffee, which led me to La Union, Lempira, Honduras.

We’ll be flying out tomorrow, June 12, and will fly in to San Pedro Sula. A 3-hour (I’m told, edge-of-your-seat, grab-the-barf-bag) bus ride will take us to our home for a week in La Ceiba. We’ll be building a shower facility, a couple homes, and a children’s center (a total of three teams will be down over the course of the next three weeks). The team will fly out sometime on Saturday, June 18.

Sometime Sunday or Monday, then, I’ll begin a cross-country trek to La Union. The major bus stops are San Pedro Sula, Santa Barbara, and then La Union.

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I’ll be spending a couple days with Union Microfinanza, the organization I (as Origins Coffee Roasters) purchase coffee from, where I’ll be able to meet some farmers, see some coffee shrubs, and observe this microloan enterprise in action.

I’m naturally excited and nervous, but mostly excited to see what God will do with my time down there. Please pray that I’ll be an effective servant, that God will protect and uphold my family in my absence, and that I’ll learn much.