We have returned from our third mission trip to Honduras - we've been back for a week now and are beginning to recover from the exhaustion of our mission trip compounded by Daylight Savings occurring on the same night we returned! Whew! Whose idea was that??
We had an exhausting, exciting and emotional time in Honduras and as many of you know, this trip had many differences from our previous trips as our primary focus was not caring and serving for the Hondurans via a Medical Brigade, but there were many similarities that we experienced as well.
Honduras looked basically the same upon our arrival into Tegucigalpa. But our destination was outside the city in a community known as San Matias. To get to Ebenezer Ranch, we had to get off the main highway and take a dirt road the rest of the way.
Communities outside the city remind me of what we would call "living in the country" ... houses are more sporadic and properties are a bit bigger.
We had to take the road at a much slower pace than on the main highway due to the fact that it was SO BUMPY!!
Yet, Molly and Brynn had no trouble sleeping ... they were pooped from our travels!
Upon our arrival at the Ranch, we were given the opportunity to unload our trunks, find our rooms, freshen up ... and then we were given a tour of the Ranch.
There is some very lovely flowering shrubbery!
There is an area where they grow blackberries and beyond that are the MANY clusters of Coffee Trees!
The coffee bean actually looks like a cranberry!
Ebenezer Academy is located on the same property and is the school that is attended by all of the children who live at the Ranch, as well as a few children from the community.
They recently put in two ponds for homegrown Tilapia ... mmm, yummy!!
There's also a playground so the Mission Team can have a little fun ... ahem, ... I mean the kids who live at the Ranch.
Here are some other views of the property:
There is an area where there are lots of banana trees and other tropical plants and tress growing.
We felt rather small next to them!
There's an abundance of bananas!!!
And then there's THESE strange fruits!!
Would you believe this is a lemon??
The photo below shows the outside of the Casa Grande ... or BIG HOUSE. It's where the team's rooms are located as well as the kitchen, eating area and a few storage rooms.
Here we are enjoying our first meal!!
The accommodations at the Ranch are quite nice and it is a very peaceful area.
As a reminder, Rancho Ebenezer's lively 90-acre campus serves as home to abandoned, orphaned and displaced children from birth to 18 years of age. They provide caring homes, a vital bi-lingual education and vocational training to the young at-risk population. 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.
More on that later ...
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