Hi Honduras 2013 Team :)

I don't know about you guys but being away from Honduras/plan escalon has been very difficult for me this past week. I think it was more difficult because I went from one missions trip to another and didn't really have time to reflect and let everything I experienced in Honduras sink in. But one of the things I did realize while in Chicago was that there is a need everywhere. It's not just in Honduras or just for the orphans, but the need is everywhere.. and God's heart breaks for everybody. I kept thinking about the kids at Plan Escalon and how much I still wanted to be there with them but I was reminded again of what Pastor Pete said to us during one of the debriefing meetings. He said "if we're so depressed and just missing everything about Honduras and that's the full extent of our trip, then we've missed out on the big lesson that God is trying to teach us." When I first heard Pastor Pete say that, I immediately thought I wasn't going to struggle with that. But I was wrong. I struggled with it so much to a point where I was crying on the phone with Yohan and venting to him how much of a hard time I was having in Chicago. My heart was still in Honduras at Plan Escalon, but I was forced to love these people next to me in Chicago. And that's when I realized, I was in danger of missing out on the big lesson that GOd wanted to teach me in Honduras. It wasn't just one group of people, the orphans, that I should love selflessly.. but it's all people I should be loving unconditionally. So, ever since then, I've tried to change my perspective. Now, i'm doing much better and I'm continually reminding myself of everything God has allowed me to experience and learn so I can apply all of that to my life here in the states.

I hope everybody's doing well, and hope you are all able to apply everything we learned to your lives :)

-grace c. ghang-

"I want to hear your perspective on this..."

Hey all!

Someone asked me for my perspective on our trip, and I thought that, in addition to our own reflection exercises, we could encourage each other to reflect and apply further by having a place to collect and comment on each others' thoughts, so I made this blog.

If you want to get more out of this, then you can get emails whenever someone posts to the blog. Otherwise you'll probably forget that this exists pretty fast.

Don't feel obligated to post here, this is just a random idea I had and I thought it could be beneficial. Definitely do your own reflection exercises, though, and spend time letting all that God's done really soak into your hearts, and be blessed!

Much love,

David

PS. If you haven't seen it yet, enjoy this video from Mags!