Time Zones and Faith

Good morning to all from Honduras,

Yesterday was such a great day. 3 construction crews headed to a new village called Villanueva to build 2 houses and a classroom. There are always unique challenges to overcome with each site, but yesterday, all 3 sites were finished ahead of schedule. The classroom building is to be used for bible classes at the school where approximately 250-300 children attend school. It was quite fun to have all the children in their school uniforms watching us so intently as we scurried around, dodging raindrops to complete this classroom for them. Their smiling, intent faces were all we needed to keep working hard to complete the building for them. The siding used for the walls and floor was different than what we had been using, so we had to switch to the 3" nails instead of the 2" nails. For some, this is not a noticeable change in procedure. For otheres however, we really felt the muscle burn quickly. Especially when you are hammering in a board over your head, balanced on a rickity step ladder with someone holding your back for balance! Another group traveled again to Mololoa to serve lunch and to do a VBS for the children and another small group visited the hospital again. All of these acts of serving bring such cherished smiles and enormous gratitude from the Hondurans.

It does not take one long once in Honduras to realize that "Honduran Time" is much different then the time you and I operate by. You can forget your watch or any specific plans you have made because they rarely coincide. If you ask someone a why question about timing or why something is being done a certain way, 99% of the time you will hear, "That's Honduran time or You are in Honduras". Most of us try to run our lives on our own time schedule. There are really two different time zones going on when it comes to correlating God's will and our experience. God exists in another time zone entirely. in GOT (God's Own Time), His will is always done and He takes into account the times zones of everyone. There are many time zones as there are many people, and that means they can often be in conflict. But with God there is never any conflict. There is only one GOT and as far as He is concerned, everything is right on schedule. We are witnessing daily that when we pray here for a successful and productive day and we run to challenges, that God is hearing our prayers. We move ahead, believing that in GOT, it will be answered.

Today is going to be an action packed day and we will be having an early start with our morning devotional occuring at 7:00 a.m. before breakfast so that we can get an early start. There will only be one construction crew today while the majority of us travel to give out food, clothing and vitamins in the morning. In the afternoon, we will be visiting the blind school, a favorite site for all.

This is our second to the last day and we all are feeling the mixed emotions of the desire to return home to see our loved ones while trying to leave a little bit of our hearts here. Thank your for your prayers as always. May all of us have a productive day while doing the Lord's work.
suzanne