Friday, January 21, 2011

We’re here, and what a contrast!

We left the church this morning at 3:45 a.m. It was dark, cold and snowy. Much thanks to Rob Schiffman and Ron Carr for driving the Crievewood folks to the airport.






Check in and security clearance were as easy as I ever remember them being.

A couple of folks were chosen for a “pat down”, but no problems. After a somewhat turbulent flight we landed in Miami where it was warm and rainy. Finally we boarded the flight to San Pedro Sula. Again we had some turbulence, but we landed safely. We cleared customs in near record time, and every piece of luggage arrived. They didn’t even seem to notice that we had medicine with us. Thank you, Lord!

More contrasts - San Pedro Sula was hazy, hot and humid. Spanish was the predominant language on all the signs, and we could no longer drink the water.

After clearing customs, we were united with the members of our team coming from Oregon. We could recognize them because they were wearing the same spiffy Luke 9:2 Ministries t-shirts that we were! Guy Henry and crew met us at the airport with a school bus and van to take us on the long 2-hour ride to La Entrada. San Pedro Sula is a pretty big city, and the sound of traffic and the smell of diesel fueled trucks was everywhere.

When we finally arrived at Tree of Life, we relaxed just a little and then had dinner - tortillas, frijoles (black bean puree), scrambled eggs with peppers and onions, chorizo sausage, and delicious pineapple and watermelon.

Now, as I type this we are in our hotel room which is not bad. However, Holiday Inn has nothing to worry about!

Tomorrow we start at 5:45 a.m. We have to get to Tree of Life for breakfast, have our devotion time, and then its an almost 2 hour bus ride to the clinic site.

Pray for stamina - these hours are wearing me down! Pray for the team as we come together - many of us just met today. Mostly, pray for the people that will have walked so far to receive care. Pray for the physical and spiritual health.

More tomorrow!

2 comments:

B's Husband said...

Praying for you all.

Steve said...

What's the thread count on the sheets at the hotel? I know Eric Ward was pretty concerned about it!

Love you guys!

Steve Campbell