Romans 5
6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
The biggest chunk of our week in Honduras was spent in the mountains of Aqua Caliente. It was nearly a six-hour hike in and easily the most difficult experience several of our team members have ever endured. Eventually, after a few hours of up, up, and more up…you come to an area known as Jurrasic Park. Here are a couple of our mules traveling down part of it.
Mules in Jurrasic Park // Honduras from Ryan Detzel on Vimeo.
One of the biggest culture shocks in Honduras is just trying to be okay with the fact that everything takes longer. Hurry up and wait is lived out completely. It’s a more primitive style of work and we have to get over the constant nagging American thoughts like Why the heck don’t they have a chainsaw?? Pastor Ramone illustrates what it takes to remove a tree without fancy tools. Oh yeah…he plays soccer like a pro too.
Chopping down a tree // Honduras from Ryan Detzel on Vimeo.
A good portion of time was spent mixing concrete to create a floor for the pastor’s quarters. This is where Pastor Ramone will stay so that he doesn’t have to travel back and fourth into the mountains for church services and caring for the people of the village.
Making concrete in Honduras from Ryan Detzel on Vimeo.
Once we were back at the mission base, our team helped out with a youth service. It was great to see this new space being used for something like this. When I went to Honduras a year ago, I worked on the drywall of this building. To see it changing the lives of Honduran students was awesome.
Youth Service @ The Farm // Honduras from Ryan Detzel on Vimeo.
More later…
I took a bunch of short video clips with my Nikon D90 while I was in Honduras, but this one…at 18 seconds long…and in poor quality…is by far my favorite. It’s during a worship session we had going on under the stars – sitting next to the death fire that gave me my crazy poison ivy.
Worship under the sky of Honduras from Ryan Detzel on Vimeo.
Speaking of Honduras…right when I left to go there this little bugger was born! Say hello to my new nephew Lincoln. Congratulations Andrea and Chris! I love you all so much and Link the Sink is awesome already.
Harrison is a good big brother…when he’s not trying to kick Lincoln.
Speaking of things being born…a new daily devotional blog has been born for Vineyard Westside to go along with our IGNITE series we are in. You can check out the teaching from this past weekend about Spiritual Disciplines —->HERE.
And check out the daily devotionals —->HERE.
Speaking of checking things out…here are some pics from yesterday when I took Ava to the Butterfly Show @ Krohn Conservatory. We got some rare photos together because my friend Ryan was with us shooting with my camera.
That is one cute kid.
Allison was so sad that she couldn’t go. Instead, she spent most of the day in and out of doctor’s offices and the hospital due to a superficial blood clot that showed up on her leg a couple days ago. We traveled to the hospital together later in the day and had an ultrasound done. Now she’s got to wear some sexy compression stockings and go back in a few days for more tests…she’s doing well and she should be fine, but please pray for her!
