The history of my time in Honduras

Since this is not my first time in Honduras, I thought it necessary to fill in some background information on what this country means to me. So in as few words as possible, I will try to explain:

2 years ago I went on a spring break trip with my missions and evangelism class to a village in Morazán, Honduras. Obviously I instantly fell in love with the people there. We painted a house for a lady named Iris, taught english and bible in the small christian school, and held a soccer tournament. The school was started by a lady named Celenia Carvajal, an incredible woman with an even more incredible heart. She worked in America for 7 years to save up the money, and got many uniforms donated for the school. Her goal for the school was to give kids a learning environment that surrounded the kids with teachers who love the Lord. 

 

Once I got home, I just knew that I absolutely had to go back there, no matter what it took. So, after some serious convincing to my parents, raised money to go back again for spring break of my freshman year at OSU. This February, Celenia started a new school for kids with special needs called HOPE. There are 10 students with disabilities ranging from cerebral palsy to seizures. So when I went in March, I spent the majority of my time there and of course fell in love with the kids. I also met the most amazing family in the world. The mother, Mary, is a widowed mother with 5 kids. Their father died only a

year ago of a heart attack leaving the 22, 21, 19, 16, and 10 year olds with the mother to take over the church that they had started and provide for themselves. This family has more faith than anyone I have ever met. I spent quite a bit of time with them as well.

 

So this brings us to now. I have decided to go back this summer for an extended period of time in order to work more at HOPE, possibly teach english at the other school, and help out with the development and beginning of a new school that Celenia is starting in the mountain villages. It is going to be a long and challenging time, so I figured it would be a good idea to have a way to update people on what I'm doing and how things are going.

Prayer would be greatly appreciated!

                                                                 Madison

"I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these, you did for me."

Matthew 25:40