You make beautiful things.

Hola.
(That´s Spanish. haha)

I hope all you wonderful people are doing well & keeping cool. Right now I´m rexaling for a while in an air conditioned (sigh) internet cafe. Ive arrived safe & sound in Honduras. Praise God! We had no troubles with flights and I was even able to catch up on some lost sleep. It is SO good to be back. Honestly, words cannot describe ... but I´ll try. I don´t have very much time, so this will be kept short ...
We had a 3 hour bus ride from the airport to El Cacao, where we will be staying until Monday. I made a deal with my dear friend Skarlet to speak Spanish with her & she´ll speak English. haha We´ll see how long it lasts. I´m learning a lot tho, even though I still sound like a gringo. On the bus ride, I was looking up at the mountains & admiring God´s amazing creativity, but when I would look around me at the street & the houses, I saw so much garbage, filth, and people living in horrible conditions. I was disgusted. I´m learning that God is even present in situations like this. He dwells among the poor & in the dirt. Jesus came to Earth to save the rich & poor alike. I´m praying for God to show me His beauty in the midst of this & seeking how I can show these people His true character - love, faithfulness, goodness ... the list goes on.
Today we went to a slum area where people live who have no money to buy land. They build their houses out of whatever they can find. They live so close to the river, it is illegal and if it were to flood, everything they have would be washed away. We did a pupet show & sang songs with the kids.

And I´m really running out of time - but I love you all.
xx