Thursday, July 31st: Farm School Visit

 

Dear Faith Partners,

Today we visited the El Hogar Farm School. We were expecting a 2-hour drive based on previous mission team experiences, but we were pleasantly surprised to learn that a newly paved highway would allow us to make the trip in half the time.

Having been raised in a big city (Philadelphia, PA), I am not much of an outdoors-man so I have to admit that traveling to a farm was not at the top of my highlight list when I saw our agenda for the week. But during our visit we discovered something much more than pigs, chickens, cattle and crops.

We met young men who worked very hard to get into the school and they felt extremely fortunate to have been chosen to attend. They came from all over Honduras, leaving their families and friends behind to “fulfill a dream” as one of the students told us. We had the opportunity to speak at length with five students; one by one they told us how they planned to use their education from the farm school to continue their studies at the university, start their own businesses and provide for their families.

From the dedication of the professors and staff who were teaching and guiding the students to the breathtaking view of the land we experienced from a hill overlooking the farm, you knew that God's hands were all over this place. While these young men are planting seeds to grow beans and corn, the farm school is planting seeds in these young men who will take what they learn to become proud, self-sufficient members of society – changing Honduras one person at a time.

It was a long but gratifying day at the farm – we stayed until the cows came home! Literally, we were there so long that we witnessed the cows come in from grazing in the field and return to their stable!

I want to personally thank each of you for providing me this opportunity to be a part of this mission team to learn, serve and love the way that Jesus calls us to do.

-Olden Warren

For Friday, August 1st:  Almighty God, who has promised to hear the petitions of those who ask in your Son’s Name:  We beseech you mercifully to incline your ear to us who have now made our prayers and supplications unto you; and grant that those things which we have faithfully asked according to your will, may effectually be obtained, to the relief of our necessity, and to the setting forth of your glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

 (A few more stories from the day)