Final Days in Honduras

Our time in Honduras is coming to an end. Here's our traditional group photo, taken as we left Izopo on Wednesday — a wonderful group and a beautiful country.

The teen group went shopping in the Valley of the Angels yesterday. Along the way, they stopped at Mi Esperanza, a center of hope for Honduran women, who are learning skills to release them from poverty. Later, the group had their de-brief time and shared a final dinner, and they are flying home today.

Our small group is wrapping things up, saying farewell, and delivering final gifts. We say farewell to Honduras tomorrow. We are all happy to be headed home, but will miss our friends in Honduras.

Working Hard in Izopo

The whole North Central group worked in Izopo the last two days, and had a great time doing it!

Some worked with the Hondurans to lay adobe bricks for the walls of two houses, (they had fun working in the mud!), while others climbed up high to put on the roof.

And some painted the school houses - inside and out.

There were others pouring cement floors, delivering new stoves and helping run a one-day clinic.  And we all played with kids and visited with our friends from Izopo, two busy, productive days!

NC/LaVega Teen Day

The youth group spent the day yesterday with the teens from La Vega. Even though there was an obvious language barrier, that didn't stop us from having tons of fun, playing games, swimming, and singing the entire bus ride back to Baxter! The picture above was taken while singing on the bus.
    -   Leah and Arianna