Ben was in "Dental" on Tuesday (day two) and while I didn't get a LOT of descriptive information from him, I did have the opportunity to snap a few photos of him!
This young girl was having an extraction.
It warmed my heart to see this ... and I secretly hoped for my own day in "Dental".
Here we are having our lunch break! Each day a simple lunch was packed for us: two sandwich choices - peanut butter and jelly or chicken salad OR peanut butter and jelly or ham and cheese (the choices alternated by day) in addition to apples, bananas, chips and/or cookies and juice. It was a very satisfying meal when we got to that time of day.
Here's Pastor Matt and his wife, Jenny! Matt was in "children's" with Brian and I and Jenny was assigned to Evangelism. I even had the opportunity to get a few photos of her station and pray while she prayed with those at her station.
It's always nice to see Ben laugh ... whatever it is they were saying, it was obviously very funny!
And there's Paul and Nancy ~ also enjoying their lunchbreak!
Here's our Brigade Manager and Missionary to Honduras, Jon Hovestol, along with our Brigade Team Leader/Trainer, Mike Loomer. Would you believe that these two men have known each other and have been great friends since Kindergarten?!? WOW! How cool it is to see how God connected these two so far back and to now see the way they are serving Him together in Honduras! Awesome!!
I even had the opportunity to "goof-off" a bit with the church workers from Rios de Agua Viva. They all seem so young but what a blessing that the youth in that area are fervently serving the LORD!!
This guy in the front of the photo on top was quite a character and was the cause of my ending up with about twenty photos of nearly the same thing! The photo below had to be taken three times before he wasn't doing something goofy and/or trying to be in it!! It was a pretty hilarious time ... mind you, I couldn't communicate with them and they couldn't communicate with me ... but guess what? We got along perfectly!
At the end of Day Two Brigade, we had a "closing time" to recap the work that was done and to hand off the follow-up responsibility to the Pastor of Rios de Agua Viva church. The physical care that was provided to the Honduran people that came to the Brigades was important and the efforts in providing that care were well spent, however, the main focus of the Brigade was, and always is, to lead people to hope, mercy and grace found in Jesus Christ. When these people accept Jesus as their Savior, it is SO IMPORTANT to follow-up with them, be there for them and help them to grow in their faith. That responsibility belongs to the pastor of the church and also the church workers.
The Brigade Manager, Miguel, spoke on behalf of all of us and our team leaders also spoke, thanking Pastor Carlos for the opportunity to work with them, letting him and his church know that they will be in our prayers and we look forward to working with them again one day and especially celebrating with them when we all get to heaven.
Pastor Carlos was presented with seven discipleship booklets to assist him and his church workers with the follow-up that they will be very busy with. In addition to the booklets, he was also given a brand new soccer ball for his congregation! Soccer is a really BIG sport in Honduras so it will be great for their recreational enjoyment, however, this is no ordinary soccer ball! This ball has on it all the colors from the Gospel bracelet so it can and should be used to TEACH others about Jesus in a visual and tangible way.
When Pastor Carlos was given the ball he bounced it off his head and the crowd went wild!!! Can you believe I actually got the photo of this?? It was a great moment!!
Adios, Rios de Agua Viva! Hasta Luego!
Hebrews 6:10-11 ~God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized. 
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