This is where we split our team into groups and send them with a translator into a local home. One of my favorite parts of these trips is home visits. When the distribution ended, it was time to depart the village, which is so hard to do! We take pictures, give hugs and fist bumps, or in the case of the fourth picture below, hoist the kid in the air. I was at the toy station! It was such a blessing to see the children’s faces as we handed out the items in our suitcases. Then moved into our distribution, where we distributed all the items we brought along with us for that day. This time included high-intensity soccer matches, coloring, blowing bubbles, and several other activities.Īs this time came to an end, we moved into a small church service. When we arrive at the village, we begin by spending time with the kids and families in the village. We load those and some additional boxes/suitcases filled with toys, clothes, etc., and take them on the bus.
We do this step in Honduras to make the shipment easier to clear through customs.
Our morning process began by taking the necessary number of containers and filling them with additional food. These containers are then shipped to a local Honduran church, where they are stored until they are ready for use. (For those unfamiliar, Michiana is a region in northern Indiana and southwestern Michigan). The food containers you see in the picture above were packed (in part) by families at local churches in the Michiana area. But before we could go to the village, we needed to load the bus with the supplies we were taking for that day. Village and Home VisitsĮach day, our team visited a local village and distributed food, clothes, hygiene products, toys, and other basic needs. I also was excited to share this trip with my youngest sister Leah. Finally, this year we got the green light to make the trip. Then in 2020, the trip was postponed again because of Covid. Our team was set and ready to go back in 2019, but we got the unfortunate news just weeks before the trip that we couldn’t go because of ongoing riots and political conflict.
This was also my third attempt to go on this trip again. I traveled in July for a one-week trip with a team from my home church, Trinity, and through the organization World Compassion Network (I included the links to their websites in case you want to learn more). But I will do my best! Our Team About the Trip One blog post is not nearly enough to describe this experience. This summer, I had the amazing opportunity to go on a Mission trip to Honduras.
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