Today was a day of going with the flow, but God went before us! He knew the day we would have and He put us in a place to be filled by His spirit. We certainly lived out being at the end of ourselves today. We could have been frustrated or worried many times today, but by the grace of God's Spirit we didn't go there. God worked in and through us and led us to many great conversations this evening. Living moment by moment in step with God's plans!
Yesterday when we arrived at our car, our back right tire's air level was low. We took it to a gas station filled it with air and it seemed to be fine. Towards the end of the conference the tire was completely flat. Josh and Steve (a man from Campus Crusade's International School Project -ISP- who came to support the Honduran team during the conference as well) put the spare on the car. We drove back to the hotel and everything was fine. We planned to take the car to the rental company this morning and have the wheel replaced and then head out to Siguatepeque. When Josh checked out the car this morning, the spare was flat. After talking with Joaquin, we learned that the company we the company we rented from is notorious for being dishonest and not maintaining their cars. Joaquin accompanied Josh to the airport to handle the car situation, negotiate with the company and help Josh in finding another company to rent a car from. This put us back a few hours in our drive out to Siguatepeque and it left me back at the hotel alone tying up loose ends from our time in San Pedro Sula and packing up our things.
Once we got on the road, Josh and enjoyed some good time together. We joined Lissette and Steve as they met with their contacts in Siguatepeque for their IPS training in September once we arrived. Due to our car issues we were too late to make our appointment with Dr. Martinez from Betel Church, but we were able to push it back and still meet with him. We enjoyed hearing how God is working in his life and in the church! We'd thought we would have dinner with Dr. Martinez and his family, but his wife is experiencing some health issues and so we were unable to do so.
Upon returning to the seminary, we wandered by the Fitz home to see if we could get a recommendation for a restaurant. They welcomed us to join them and another couple, Cory and Kirstin, who just moved here 9 days ago. They are following God's calling in their lives to join the mission field here in Honduras. They will live in Siguatepeque for a year doing language training and then head to the coast to work with a minority outcast group. We really enjoyed talking with them and hearing their stories of God's work in their lives.
Later we were invited over to Mark's home, the founder of Hope Coffee. We so enjoyed great conversation with him about everything God is doing through Hope Coffee. It is amazing the ways God is using this ministry! We got to begin to talk a little about plans for our trip in December. Michelle, Mark's wife, was at a prayer meeting tonight and was therefore unable to join us. We will be sitting down with the tomorrow or the following day to talk over possibilities and pray! We are looking forward to seeing how God brings this trip together! We know He has a plan for it and it will unfold before our eyes! We just feel privileged to be able to work with Hope Coffee here in Honduras as God works mightily!
Prayer needs: be praying for us as we journey with Mark tomorrow to different Hope Coffee ministry sites, coffee farms, and churches. Pray that God would illuminate His plan for our involvement here. Pray for Mark and Michelle as they discern how to partner with us when we come down in December as they are expecting their fourth child and Michelle is due shortly after we are to come.
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