Our main goal over the past couple of days has been to fully immerse ourselves in the streets with the amazing people in Tegucigalpa. We wrapped up two full days of immersion with a powerful time of prayer for the city from a popular lookout point and park.
One of my favorite parts of leading city immersions is seeing how the students from different parts of the world enter as strangers who over the course of just a couple days develop relational connections that will last a lifetime.
There are lots of inside jokes the emerge through all of the ups and downs of exploring a new city and culture together. Our friend Lennox suggested that we snap a photo with our backs to the camera so that we could show off our t-shirts with Hope For Honduras, an urban ministry that we visited and served with earlier in the day. This fountain that is located right in the entrance to the park is such a beautiful place to sit and reflect on the day's activity.
Our BGU and North Way Christian Community teams met up to serve together at Hope For Honduras. We divided up into groups, and we went out into the community to serve others. Some spent time with smaller children in their classrooms at their school, while others went out into the streets to distribute food and pray with people. It was a powerful time of ministry together. We had the opportunity to spend time with the founder of Hope For Honduras to reflect on their work and the experience of serving.
Our groups have been meeting up each day at a central meeting point in the city where host families drop off their new family members and where the BGU team is dropped off from the retreat center. There's also good coffee there which everyone seems to appreciate!
Yesterday we had the opportunity to exegete the city of downtown Tegucigalpa. I started us off with a tour of some historical sites like churches and museums, sharing about some of the history and culture of the city.
After the initial tour, I unleashed five groups to head out into the city for a scavenger hunt. That's always a fun way to get to know a new place. I think everyone had a good time!
Our BGU group is enjoying the adventure. It's been a pretty packed bus over the past couple of days with two large teams traveling around together.
Today, the BGU team will head out to visit another nonprofit organization and then we'll head to Valle de Angeles, a beautiful small town in the mountains, to do some shopping and exploring. The North Way team will start their camp with students from Hope For Honduras today. Please pray for them as they work with local leaders to present a meaningful camp for the kids. Dr. Lisa will be with the North Way team all day today as they prepare, and I'll be with the BGU team. Should be another good day!
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