Wednesday, October 3 - No Brigade, Free Day and Miscellaneous Honduras Photos

On Wednesday, mid-week of our time in Honduras, we did not have Brigade and it was basically a free day.  Some people chose to stay at the Mission House and rest up and/or help out with things needing to be done there and some were fighting illness and fatigue so it was helpful to have a rest day.  

Others on the team had the opportunity to visit Rancho de Ebenezer (The Ebenezer Ranch)!

 (Thank-you, Pastor Matt and Jenny, for these photos from your time at the ranch!)

Rancho Ebenezer’s lively 90-acre campus serves as home to abandoned, orphaned and displaced children from birth to 18 years of age. We provide caring homes, a vital bilingual education and vocational training to our young at-risk population.  Here, children experience a loving family life under the guidance of attentive caregivers and mentor house parents who look to their physical and spiritual needs daily, teaching them to trust Jesus Christ with their lives.

To learn more about the Ranch and WGO's ministry to the children of Honduras, click HERE: http://www.wgoreach.org/2-Children-70.htm

Coffee is grown on The Ranch and is sold as a means to raise money for its various programs and all that it strives to accomplish for Honduran children.  Everyone who visited The Ranch really enjoyed their time and they even had the opportunity to meet and play with several of the children who live there!

The rest of us went to Cristo del Picacho National Park ~ Christ of the Peak or the Giant Jesus, as I like to call it!  It is also referred to as El Picacho (The Peak).  The statue of Jesus stands at the highest point, about 3000 feet above sea level and looks over the entire city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

 

Luke 24:50-51

The Ascension of Jesus

When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven.

After we visited the "Giant Jesus" and ate our lunch outside in the park, we went SHOPPING!!!  Yeah!!  We went to an area called The Valley of Angels and it is "touristy", perfect for first-time Honduras-goes!

This boy followed us around trying to sell us his "treats", which there was no way we'd be able to eat.  But he was so sweet looking, so at the end of our shopping excursion, as he was standing at the doorway of our bus (no kidding) I asked him for a photo and then I gave him what was left of my Honduran money.  It really didn't amount to very much, especially in US dollars, but it was something.

Okay, ... next post, we're back to the Heart of our Mission in Honduras!!