Day Eight - Saturday, August 3, 2024

As we wind down our time on the mission field, we are thankful for the faithful prayers of Tom, Vinny, Lisa, Jamari, Vincent, Melodee, Gary, Adele, Sandy, Amy, Brenda, Karin and Mark.

Alysia led our closing devotion with a reading from the transfiguration account in Luke. Peter wanted to put up tents and stay right THERE. We might like to stay right HERE in Honduras. But…How can we take what we experienced here and better serve the people in our lives back in our communities?

Our final song was led by Heather. We joined in perfect harmony on “The Blessing”. Okay, the blog writer just made a joyful noise and trusted God to accept our heartfelt worship.

We leave the hotel at 8:20am for the XPL airport.

It is sad to leave, but we know God used us for His good work here in Honduras.

…at the airport in Honduras…

Now we wait. We got through to the gate easily. Alysia got us here before the crowds. She really is serving as a mission team leader in her area of giftedness. And God sent us a fluent Spanish speaker in Rhonda (from IN), so we all feel so grateful, confident and blessed from our Heavenly Father.

The Michigan 11 + our new Indiana friend & sister-in-Christ

update from Miami

The blog writer is married to a commercial pilot who was following our flight out of Honduras. Our American Airlines pilot was skilled and dodged the hurricane. See below:

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