Honduras - March 2008

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As I tried to think about what to write about our trip to Honduras, my mind went in circles. There’s so much to tell. The stories of the girls and the kids are heart wrenching and unbelievable. It’s hard to imagine being 5 years old, not knowing your birthday, and being left curbside for some stranger to pick up and care for. Or to be an 11 or 12 year old girl and being raped by your brother, uncle or father, and then kicked out of your home, pregnant and nowhere to go. The stories are too numerous to tell. These are the lucky ones – the ones who now have a home with someone to feed them, love them and tell them about God; someone to help them break the cycle. In the six months since our last trip to Honduras, there has been a distinct change in many of the kids at Casa Grande & the Casitas. Smiles are more abundant, girls are loving their babies, they are learning to be loved. I absolutely cherish every single hug, kiss and laugh from those precious kids.

We also got to spend time with the feeding station kids. These kids are starved for attention, for love, for life, for food. I wonder did we give them enough. We just had a tiny breath of time to give them – was it enough? Do they know how precious they are to God? Imagine being 4 or 5 or 8, dirty, no food in the house, with parents who may or may not be around, who are most likely physically abused. Kids that go crazy for a piece of candy or a balloon or a picture being taken of them; pushing each other out of the way so they can have a picture. It makes me think about what is going on in their minds. Are they thinking – take a picture of me so you can remember me; so someone can care about me? It was so cool to be there when 50 kids heard the story of Daniel and the Lions Den for the first time. I pray that they remember that God loves them and that He is there to protect them.

Every where we go the churches are a little different. Each country, village or town has it’s own church culture. One thing remains the same – we all worship the same God. As we were in the church service at Pastor Oscar’s church, the presence of God was so real. The people truly worship Him with all they have. People who have so little, yet they are so willing to worship and give. God is all many of them have. Really, though, isn’t He all that we all have? We have nothing without Him. He is the source of all that we do have.

The Compton’s are amazing people. They have given so much of themselves to save these kids. You can see their love and compassion as they interact with each one. It’s tough to run an organization, but they do it with such grace in the face of obstacles that only God can understand. They are heroes.


Hebrews 10: 35 Do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord, no matter what happens. Remember the great reward it brings you! 36 Patient endurance is what you need now, so you will continue to do God's will. Then you will receive all that he has promised. 37 "For in just a little while, the Coming One will come and not delay. 38 And a righteous person will live by faith. But I will have no pleasure in anyone who turns away." 39 But we are not like those who turn their backs on God and seal their fate. We have faith that assures our salvation.